Italy unemployment rate remained stable as expected in August, while the youth jobless rate increased, figures from national statistics office Istat showed on Thursday.
Italy unemployment rate stood at 6.0% in August, unchanged from July and in line with market estimates, as cited by FXStreet.
The youth unemployment rate, however, rose to 19.3% in August from 18.7% in the prior month.
Istat said the employment rate edged down to 62.6% from 62.8% in July.