• Employment in the Eurozone climbs 0.1% in the first quarter

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16 June 2015

Employment in the Eurozone climbs 0.1% in the first quarter

Eurostat released its employment data for the Eurozone on Tuesday. Employment in the Eurozone climbed 0.1% in the first quarter, after a 0.1% rise in the fourth quarter. Eurostat estimates that 150.3 million people were employed in the Eurozone in the first quarter of 2015.

The highest rises were recorded in Latvia (+1.5%), Estonia (+0.9%), Spain (+0.8%), Ireland, and Portugal (all +0.7%).

Employment was stable in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands.

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