Italy's unemployment rate for the
third quarter was 11.6%, stable with respect to the second
quarter but 0.4 of a percentage point up on the same period in
2015, ISTAT said on Wednesday. The employment rate was also
steady with respect to the second quarter at 57.3%, although
that was up 0.8 of a point with respect to the third quarter of
2015. The proportion of people considered inactive because they
are not in work or actively looking for a job was 35.1%, the
same as the second quarter, but down by 1.2 points on the
equivalent period last year.
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