Unemployment rate down in euro area

By Euronews

Published on 04/04/2016 - 14:14

Figures just out show February’s unemployment rate in the euro area stood at 10.3 percent. That is down 0.1 percent on the previous month and is the

Figures just out show February’s unemployment rate in the euro area stood at 10.3 percent.

That is down 0.1 percent on the previous month and is the lowest rate recorded in the bloc since August 2011.

Across the European Union as a whole, the unemployment rate was 8.9 percent in February, stable compared to January and down on the same time last year.

Lowest unemployment rate in euro area since Aug 2011, in EU since May 2009 #Eurostat https://t.co/dT54ONhUfH pic.twitter.com/qHOjdddTDx
— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) April 4, 2016