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Eurozone unemployment rate hits record low of 6.6% in May

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Unemployment in the 19 countries sharing the euro fell to 6.6% of the workforce in May from a revised 6.7% in April. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a reading of 6.8%. In absolute terms, the number of people without jobs fell to 11.004 million from 11.085 million a month earlier.

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Reuters

Eurozone unemployment rate hits record low of 6.6% in May

[Brussels 30th Reuters] - The euro area unemployment rate in May, announced by the European Union (EU) Bureau of Statistics on the 30th, hit a record low of 6.6%. Recovery from the novel coronavirus disaster has contributed. It was revised to 6.7% in April. The economist forecast compiled by Reuters was 6.8%. The unemployment rate of 6.6% has been a low level since 1998, just before the single currency euro was officially introduced in January 1…

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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RTÉ

Euro zone unemployment falls to new record low of 6.6%

Euro zone unemployment fell to a new record low in May as the economy continued to rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic, even if inflation exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine is expected to dampen growth.

2 years ago·Ireland

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The Epoch Times

Eurozone Unemployment Falls to New Record Low of 6.6 Percent in May

BRUSSELS—Eurozone unemployment fell to a new record low in May as the economy continued to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, even if inflation exacerbated by Ukraine’s crisis is expected to dampen growth. The European Union’s statistics office Eurostat said on Thursday that unemployment in the 19 countries sharing the euro fell to 6.6 percent of the workforce in May from a revised 6.7 percent in April. Economists polled by Reuters had expected…

2 years ago·New York, United States

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Observador

Eurozone and EU unemployment rate declines in May, says Eurostat

In May, the unemployment rate fell to 6,6% in the eurozone and 6,1% in the European Union. According to Eurostat, in May there were 13.066 million unemployed in the EU.

2 years ago·Portugal

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