The unemployment rate in the euro zone remained at an all-time low in August, ie 6.6% of the active population as in July, according to Eurostat data published on Friday.
The indicator is at its lowest since the European statistics office began compiling this series in April 1998. Over one year, it fell by 0.9 points thanks to the post-Covid economic recovery.
But the sharp slowdown in growth caused by the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over the outlook for the coming months.