Back to rise, the unemployment rate in Italy. After the growth of the month of December and the substantial stability of January, in February 2015 the employed decreased by 0.2% (-44 thousand). The employment rate, at 55.7%, falls last month by 0.1 percentage points. Compared to February 2014, employment grew by 0.4% (+93 thousand) and the employment rate by 0.2 points.
The number of inactive individuals between 15 and 64 years shows a slight increase Last month (+ 0.1%), remained close to those of the previous two months. The inactivity rate was stable at 36.0%, against 36.4% in February 2014. On an annual basis the inactive decreased by 1.4% (-204 thousand).
“The data released today Istat – said the Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Giuliano Poletti – attest to employment contraction in February, after two months of growth-evaluation confirm that I have repeatedly stated, most recently yesterday: queued to a crisis things tend not to be stabilized and it is conceivable that a positive phase can follow a downturn. This situation does not contradict the positive signals such as the consolidation of the recovery of confidence on the part of businesses and consumers. “
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