The Greek government expects the jobless rate to ease to
12.6% in 2023 from 12.7% in 2022, with the economy seen growing
by 1.8%.
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou and Renee Maltezou; Editing by
Toby Chopra)
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ATHENS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate stood at
11.6% in December, unchanged from an upwardly revised 11.6% in
November, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on
Wednesday.
Seasonally adjusted data showed 545,372 people were
officially unemployed, with those under the age of 24 the
hardest hit.
The reading was the lowest recorded since January 2010 - at
the start of Greece's decade-long economic crisis - following
the revision of last month's figure. Unemployment reached a peak
in the summer of 2013 and has been falling steadily since.
Unemployment was worse among women than men, with the
rates at 15.6% and 8.3% respectively.
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