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September 13, 2021 The unemployment rate between 15 and 74 years old falls in the second quarter of 2021 to 9.8% with a decrease of 0.3 points on the first and 1.7 points on the same period of 2020. Istat notes in the flash statistics on the labor market.
The unemployed in the period amounted to 2,459,000, down by 2.2% on the previous quarter and by 27% on the same period in 2020. Even those who have been on layoffs for over three months are considered unemployed.
In the second quarter +338,000 employed on the first
In the second quarter of 2021 there was an increase of 338 thousand employees (+ 1.5%) compared to the previous quarter and a growth of 523,000 units over the same period of 2020. This was reported by Istat. The economic growth is mainly linked to the growth of fixed-term employees (+226,000, +8.3) compared to an increase of 80,000 permanent employees (+ 0.5%) and 33,000 independent employees (+ 0.7%) . The employment rate in the second quarter is 58% (+ 1 point on the first quarter).