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Milan , January 30, 2015 – 10:50
After months of negative sign, the labor market seems to stand up. Employment in December increased by 0.4 per cent (plus 93 000), returning to values close to those of September. YoY growth was 0.5 per cent (plus 109 thousand). Istat notes that in December 2014, 22 million 422 000 are occupied. The Eurostat adds that in December in Italy there is a fall in unemployment more sensitive to the whole European Union. Downward record for youth unemployment, which rose from 43% to 42%. In Europe, the record of the unemployed is Spain (23.7% and 51.4% among young people). On his Twitter account the premier Matteo Renzi did not hide his satisfaction. “A hundred thousand more seats in a month. Okay. But we’re just beginning. “
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The unemployment rate of the aged 15-24 in December of 2014 marks a decisive reduction, dropping to 42 percent, the lowest since December 2013, so a year, notes the Istat estimates. Only in November was 43%, the decrease on a monthly basis is therefore equal to one percentage point. Falling, according to Istat, the number of unemployed under 25. In December, stops at an altitude of 664 thousand, a decrease of 4.7 percent on November (-33 thousand) and by 3.1 percent on an annual basis (-21 thousand).
Still declining inflation in the Eurozone
Meanwhile, an alarming signal comes from inflation: they reduce prices further in the eurozone. In January, according to the first estimate ‘flash’ Eurostat, the annual rate of inflation was negative 0.6% (-0.2% in December). A fall was mainly the energy prices (-8.9%) while the average price of food, beverage and tobacco fell by 0.1% as well as that of industrial benni excluding energy. Up 1%, the price of services.
January 30, 2015 | 10:50
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