Italy Jan jobless rate edges down to 6.3% as 145,000 jobs created

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s unemployment rate fell slightly to 6.3% in January from an upwardly revised 6.4% the month before, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Tuesday, with a net 145,000 jobs created during the month.

A Reuters survey of 6 analysts had forecast a January jobless rate of 6.3%.

ISTAT gave the following data:

JAN DEC NOV

JOBLESS RATE 6.3 6.4r 6.0r

YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (15-24) 18.7 19.0r 20.2r

EMPLOYMENT RATE (15-64) 62.8 62.4r 62.4

r=revised

(Reporting by Antonella Cinelli, editing by Gavin Jones)