Unemployment stable at 7.8% in December

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 31 - ISTAT said Tuesday that Italy's unemployment rate was 7.8% in December, stable with respect to November, according to provisional data.
    The national statistics agency said that, in absolute terms, 1.96 million people were unemployed in Italy in December, 2,000 more than in November but 242,000 fewer than in the same month in 2021.
    It said the unemployment rate for under-25s who are active on the labour market fell to 22.1%.
    ISTAT said the number of people in employment rose by 37,000 on November and by 334,000 compared to December 2021.
    It said this took the employment rate for people aged 15-to-64 up to 60.5%, the highest level on record since the start of the statistical series in 2004.
    The agency said the proportion of 15-to-64-year-olds who are not active on the labour market dropped by 0.1% of a percentage point to 34.3% in December. (ANSA).