EU unemployment rate remains at lowest since 2000

ANKARA

Unemployment in the EU was 6.3% in November, remaining at the lowest rate since January 2000, the bloc's statistical office announced Thursday.

The figure was stable compared to a month earlier, and fell from 6.6% in the same month of the previous year.

"The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.5% in November 2019, stable compared with October 2019 and down from 7.9% in November 2018, " the statistical office said.

The eurozone/euro area or EA19 represents member states that use the single currency -- euro -- while the EU28 includes all member countries of the bloc.

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