Italy's unemployment rate was steady
at 11.9% in January, the same as December, ISTAT said on
Thursday.
The national statistics agency said 3.097 million people were
jobless in January, 2,000 more than in December and 126,000 more
than in January 2016 (when the unemployment rate was 11.6%).
There was also an increase of 236,000 of the number of people
in employment in January with respect to the same time last
year, and a fall of 461,000 in the number of people aged between
15 and 64 who are considered 'inactive' as they are not actively
on the labour market.
In January 2017 22.856 million people were in employment, up
30,000 on December.
The national statistics agency said the employment rate was
57.5% in January, up 0.1 of a percentage point over December
2016.
The unemployment rate for people aged 15 to 24 who are
actively on the labour market was 37.9%, down 1.3 percentage
points from 39.2% in December.
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