Employed in March +22 thousand on the month, +297 thousand on the year

Employed people in March 2023 increased by 22 thousand units (+0.1%) compared to February and by 297 thousand units (+1.3%) compared to March 2022

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, underlining that the employment rate is stable at 60.9% on February and rises by 0.9 percentage points on March 2022. "The growth in employment compared to the previous month brings the employed to 23 million 349 thousand".

The increase compared to March 2022 is due to the growth "of permanent and self-employed employees and against a decrease in temporary employees", comments Istat.

The total unemployment rate drops to 7.8% (-0.1 points), the youth rate to 22.3% (-0.1 points)

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This is certified by Istat, underlining that "The stability of the number of inactive people - between 15 and 64 years old - is a synthesis of the growth among men and those aged 50 or over and the decrease among women, 15-24 year olds and 35-49 year olds. The inactivity rate remains unchanged at 33.8%".