Inflation is decreasing, while unemployment has risen by a few decimal points. This is revealed by Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office. "According to a quick estimate, the annual inflation rate in the euro-zone warn the experts would be 3.2% in October 2008". In September, Eurostat had found a 3.6% rate for price rises. Negative figures, instead, for the employment market. "In the euro-zone states today’s report from the Office , the unemployment rate has settled at 7.5% in September 2008, the same as in August". But in September 2007 this figure was 7.3%. In the 27-EU, instead, the level of unemployed people had settled at 7.0% in September, versus 6.9% in August. These rates reveal that 16.7 million European are looking for a job, with over 11 million in the euro-zone (15 states). The lowest unemployment rates can be found, again, in the Netherlands and Denmark, the highest ones in Spain and Slovakia. There’s a visible gap between men and women: unemployed men are 6.6% in 27-EU, unemployed women are 7.4%. For the under 25s, this rate rises to 15.3% both in the euro-zone and in the 27-EU.” ” ” “
