The unemployment rate in the eurozone declined marginally in November, that is, before the start of the Omicron outbreak, which caused lockdowns in a number of countries on the continent, due to its rapid spread.
And data from the statistics agency Eurostat revealed on Monday that the unemployment rate fell by 0.1% to 7.2% in November, on a monthly basis, according to expectations.
The data showed that the total number of unemployed people in the euro area recorded 11.82 million people in November, which is a decrease of about 222 thousand people compared to October levels.
Compared to November 2020 levels, the number of unemployed people in the eurozone decreased by 1.41 million people.