In June compared to May -22mila occupied. Unemployment rose to 12.7% – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on July 31, 2015 at 10:19.
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The exploit in April does not repeat itself: even in June the employed fell by 0, 1% (after falling 0.3% in May), 22 thousand less than in the previous month. Especially young people employed between 15 and 24 fell by 2.5 percent. The employment rate down 0.1 points on May, reaching 55.8%. Compared to June 2014, employment was down by 0.2% (-40mila units), while the rate appears unchanged. Have monthly data Istat to reveal even a picture of lights and shadows for the Italian labor market.

Unemployed: + 55 thousand on May + 85 thousand of June 2014
On a monthly basis, the number of unemployed has increased by 1.7% (55 thousand) and of 5.2% if you look only at young people (+ 34 thousand). Above all, the unemployment rate – which had fallen by 0.2% in April and had remained steady in May – increased by 0.2 percentage points to 12.7 percent. In the twelve months the number of unemployed has risen by 2.7% (85 thousand) and the unemployment rate by 0.3 points. But “the increase in the number of unemployed in the last 12 months – says Istat – is associated with an increase in participation in the labor market, as witnessed by the reduction in the number of inactive.”

Inactive down: -18mila last month
A reduction undeniable: inactive people between 15 and 64 years last month declined by 0.1% (-18mila), resuming the trend started earlier this year that it was interrupted in May. The inactivity rate amounted to 35.9%, down 0.1 percentage points compared to May. If you look at twelve months, the inactive are at least 131 thousand (-0.9%) and the inactivity rate was down by 0.2 points.

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