Italian unemployed up to 3.4 million

(ANSA) - Rome, November 28 - Istat said Friday that 3.41 million Italians were unemployed in October, 90,000 more (2.7%) than in September, and 286,000 more (9.2%) than in the same month in 2013, according to the national statistics agency's provisional data. The agency added that the number of people in work in October was 55,000 down (0.2%) on September. The rest of the increase in the jobless figure was accounted for an increase in the overall working population, due to a decline in the number of people considered "inactive" because they are not actively looking for work.