Euro zone unemployment falls to 6.5% in March

BRUSSELS  – Euro zone unemployment rate fell to 6.5 percent in March, the European Union’s statistics office Eurostat said, a decline that points to a further tightening of the labor market and spells more trouble for the European Central Bank in fighting inflation. The March unemployment rate in the 20 countries using the euro is lower than expected by economists polled by Reuters, who forecast an rate … Continue reading Euro zone unemployment falls to 6.5% in March