(ANSA) - Rome, April 1 - Italy's unemployment rate rose to
10.7% in February, up 0.1 of a percentage point with respect to
the previous month, ISTAT said on Monday.
The national statistics agency added, however, that the
figure was down 1.4 percentage points compared to the same month
last year.
It said the unemployment rate for under-25s who are actively
on the labour market was 32.8% in February, down 0.1 of a point
on January.
The agency said the number of people in employment dropped by
14,000 with respect to January.
It said that this was down to a fall of 33,000 in the number
of people employed on permanent contracts, plus a drop of 11,000
temporary workers, while there was an 30,000 increase in the
number of self employed.
ISTAT said the number of people in work was up 113,000 with
respect to February 2018.
Italian unemployment back up to 10.7%
Youth jobless rate edges down to 32.8% says statistics agency