The jobless rate dropped to 14.4% in March from 15.9% in the previous month, according to data from the statistics office ELSTAT. It was the lowest jobless rate since November 2010. Seasonally adjusted data showed the number of unemployed at 653,686 people, with those aged up to 24 bearing the brunt of being out of work. Among persons aged 15 to 24, the jobless rate fell to 32.4%, from 37.7% in the same month in 2019.
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