Italy's unemployment edges up in March from 18-year low
Italy’s unemployment rate edged up to 6% in March from February’s 18-year low of 5.9%, with 32,000 more people out of work, Istat reported.
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- Published Date: 01:10 | 02 May 2025
Italy's unemployment rate rose slightly in March, ticking up from a nearly 18-year low recorded in February, according to data released Friday by the national statistics agency Istat.
The seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 6% in March, in line with expectations, up from 5.9% the previous month. A year earlier, the rate stood at 6.9%.
The number of unemployed people increased by 32,000 from February, reaching 1.555 million.
Meanwhile, the employment rate remained unchanged at 63.0 percent in March.
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