Milan (awp / afp) – The unemployment rate in Italy fell in August to 7.8%, down 0.1 points from the previous month, the National Institute of Statistics (Istat) announced on Friday.
The unemployment rate for young people aged 15-24 fell further, dropping 1.9 points to 21.2%.
At the same time, the general employment rate of the labor force in Italy fell 0.2 points to 60%, continuing its decline that began in July.
The unemployment rate in Italy remains higher than that of the euro zone, which stood at 6.6% in July, its historical low.
The number of people looking for work fell by 1.6% in August compared to the previous month, or 31,000 fewer job seekers.
The unemployment rate for women remained stable at 9.3%, maintaining a level much higher than that of men, down 0.2 points to 6.7%.
The Italian government on Wednesday revised its growth estimate for this year upwards to 3.3%, against 3.1% forecast in April, thanks to stronger than expected GDP growth in the first half of the year. .
But the clouds began to accumulate in July, and GDP should register “a slight decline” in the second half, according to forecasts by the outgoing government of Mario Draghi.
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