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The EU's unemployment rate hit 7.6% in October, the bloc's statistical office announced Wednesday.
Compared to September, the number of unemployed in the EU fell by 91,000, Eurostat said.
Yet the unemployment rate was up from 6.6% a year earlier, in October 2019, reflecting the continued economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unemployment in the EU rose annually by 2.1 million.
The youth unemployment rate in the EU in October was 17.5%, up from 17.4% the previous month.
In October youth unemployment rose by 404,000 in EU member states compared to the same month last year.
The unemployment rate for women was 8%, while for men it was 7.2%.
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