Euro Area: Unemployment rate rises in February
Latest reading: In February, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 6.2%, following a 6.1% rate in the prior month.
As for the Eurozone’s largest economies, the unemployment rate rose in Italy and the Netherlands, was unchanged in France and Germany, and fell in Spain.
Significant disparities in labor market conditions between members persist: Finland was the economy with the highest unemployment rate in February (10.6%), followed by Spain (9.8%). At the other end of the spectrum, Bulgaria (3.2%) and Malta (3.5%) had the lowest unemployment rates.