Euro area unemployment at 6.4% and EU at 5.9%
Matthew Walker2024-10-02T11:03:49-05:00October 02, 2024 The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the euro area was 6.4% in August 2024, down from 6.6% in August 2023 but constant from July 2024. In August 2024, the unemployment rate in the EU was 5.9%, a decrease from 6.0% in both July 2024 and August 2023. Eurostat estimates that 13.027 million