(ANSA) - Rome, September 30 - Italy's unemployment rate
dropped to 12.3% in August, down 0.3% on July and 0.1% on the
same month in 2013, national statistics agency Istat said
Tuesday. But unemployment among Italian 15-24-year-olds who are
on the job market reached a record high of 44.2% last month, up
1% on July and 3.6% on the same month in 2013, Istat said.
Students and young people who are not actively looking for work
are not included in the calculation.
Italian unemployment drops, youth jobless leaps to new high
Overall jobless rate 12.3%, but 44.2% of under-25 out of work
