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Greece’s unemployment rate eased to 18.1% in March from a downwardly revised 18.4% in the previous month, data from the country’s statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday. The jobless rate in March was the lowest reading since July 2011. However, unemployment among youth remains high at 40.4%.
Seasonally adjusted data showed the number of unemployed at 849,811 people, with younger persons aged up to 24 bearing the brunt of being out of work
Among younger persons aged 15 to 24, the unemployment rate fell to 40.4% from 41.7% in the same month in 2018.
Greece’s jobless rate, which hit a record high of 27.8% in September 2013, has been falling since but remains the highest in the euro zone.
The government expects unemployment to decline to 18.2% this year as the economy recovers, based on projections in its 2019 budget.
In its spring forecasts, the EU Commission expects some slowdown in Greece’s labour market recovery due to a recent increase in the statutory minimum wage. It also projects a jobless rate of 18.2% this year. [ELSTAT, Reuters]
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