Slight increase in unemployment recorded in EU, euro area for September: Eurostat

BRUSSELS, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Around 15,990 million people in the European Union (EU), of whom 13,612 million in the euro area, were unemployed in September, an increase of 42,000 in the EU and 75,000 in the euro area, respectively, from August, said Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, on Friday.

The unemployment rate in September stood at 7.5 percent in the EU and 8.3 percent in the euro area, remaining largely stable compared with August, but up from 6.6 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively in September 2019.