- Eurozone’s unemployment rate increases to 8.1 percent in August
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1 October 2020
Eurozone’s unemployment rate increases to 8.1 percent in August
Eurostat, the
statistical office of the European Union (EU), announced on Thursday an
unemployment rate in the Eurozone edged up to 8.1 percent in August from an upwardly
revised 8.0 percent in July (originally 7.9 percent). That was the highest rate
since July 2018.
At the same
time, the EU28 unemployment rate rose to 7.4 percent in August from 7.3 percent
in July.
Among the
Member States, the highest unemployment rates were observed in Spain (16.2
percent), Italy (9.7 percent) and Lithuania (9.6 percent).
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