Euro zone unemployment flat at 6.6% in June as expected

BRUSSELS – Euro zone unemployment was regular at 6.6% of the workforce in June, the European Union’s statistics workplace Eurostat mentioned on Monday, consistent with market expectations.

Eurostat mentioned the variety of folks with out jobs within the 19 nations sharing the euro was 10.925 million in June, in comparison with 10.900 million in Could and 12.882 million a 12 months earlier.

The bottom unemployment fee was within the greatest financial system Germany at 2.8% of the workforce, and the very best in Spain at 12.6%.