After the sharp drop in December and the further decrease in January, again increases unemployment, especially youth. In February, the rate goes back to 12.7% and are 23 thousand more unemployed. Brunetta Renzi: “In the face of the Jobs Act”
Again rising jobless. The unemployment rate in February rose to 12.7% in fact, after the sharp drop in December and the further decrease in January. This was revealed by Istat that the provisional data suggest an increase of 0.1 points on the month and 0.2 points on the year. Are 23,000 more unemployed.
The data shows that in February the number of employed decreased by 44 thousand units compared to the previous month, but nevertheless increases of 93 thousand units compared to February last year.
Further increase in youth unemployment (between 15 and 24 years), which grew to 42.6%, up 1.3 points from the previous month and by 0.1 points compared to the year previous. On a monthly basis the young people employed fell by 3.8%, 34 thousand units.
This fall, as reported by ISTAT, was solely due to the decrease of female workers. While the employed males are stable, those women have declined in fact in a month of 42 thousand units. And the unemployment rate for women increased to 14.1%, while for men it is 11.7%.
The engineers point out that the data are not comparable with those of the government on 79 thousand activations of new contracts, that “data are of different nature and does not necessarily mean new jobs.” “They can also be transitions from temporary contracts and other types of contracts,” they add.
Immediate dig via Twitter by Renato Brunetta, leader of Forza Italy in the House, Matteo Renzi: “Istat communicates rising unemployment in in February 2015, especially youth. Renzi, the face of the Jobs Act. “
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