Euro Area: Unemployment unchanged in December from prior month
Latest reading: In December, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at November’s 6.2%, the lowest on record.
As for the Eurozone’s largest economies, the unemployment rate was stable in Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands, while it fell in Spain.
Significant disparities in labor market conditions between members persist: Finland was the economy with the highest unemployment rate in December (10.3%), followed by Spain (10.0%). At the other end of the spectrum, Malta (3.2%) and Germany (3.8%) had the lowest unemployment rates.