TREE NEWS reports: Italy’s unemployment rate rose to 6.2% in August, up from 5.8% in July and above the 5.8% expected by economists. The reading marks a sharper-than-anticipated deterioration in the Italian labor market.
Italy August Unemployment Rate Rises to 6.2%, Above 5.8% Forecast
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The miss is notable less for its size than for its direction: a labor market that had been holding up is now softening faster than economists modeled. That matters for the euro-area rate path, since Italy's fragility constrains how long the ECB can stay restrictive. Watch whether this is a one-month distortion or the start of a trend in the next release.
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