In September 2018, the number of employed people declined (-0.1% over the previous month, -34 thousand), following the increase observed in the previous month. The monthly decrease of employment affected both women and men and people aged 25-49. The employment rate decreased to 58.8% (-0.1 percentage points).<\/p>\n
After two months of decline, the number of unemployed people increased, involving women, men and all age groups (+3.2%, +81 thousand). The unemployment rate rose to 10.1% (+0.3 percentage points in a month) and the youth rate stood at 31.6% (+0.2 percentage points).<\/p>\n
In September, inactive people aged 15-64 decreased among both genders, people aged 25-34 and 50-64 (-0.3%, -43 thousand). The inactivity rate declined to 34.5% (-0.1 percentage points).<\/p>\n
The discontinuous trend of employment in the last few months resulted in a substantial stability in the third quarter over the previous one, as a result of an increase among men and a decrease among women. There was a widespread decrease among people under 49 years offset by the increase among the over 50.<\/p>\n
In the third quarter, the stability of employment was accompanied by the significant fall of unemployment \u00a0\u00a0(-6.5%, -180 thousand) and the increase of inactivity (+1.0%, +126 thousand).<\/p>\n
In September employment rose by 0.9% (+207 thousand) compared\u00a0with the same month of\u00a0the previous year. The increase concerned both women and men. Employment grew sharply among people aged over 50 (+333 thousand), moderately among people under 34 (+27 thousand), while it decreased among people aged 35-49 (-154 thousand).<\/p>\n
On a yearly basis, the growth of employment was accompanied by the sharp fall of unemployment (-9.9%, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0-288 thousand) and the slight decline of inactivity (-0.1%, -19 thousand).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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