ok this is a quiet one but kind of interesting if you like reading between the lines of economic data.
new Eurostat numbers: EU unemployment is at 5.9%, euro area at 6.2% — both near multi-year lows, both still slowly improving. good news, unremarkable, barely made headlines.
except: youth unemployment (under 25) in the EU actually ticked UP this month. 15.1% to 15.2%. small move — like, 5,000 more people out of ~2.9 million — but it's the one number in the whole release that moved the wrong direction while everything else got better.
doesn't mean much on its own, one month of data isn't a trend. but it's a good example of how "the job market is improving" can be true in aggregate while still not being true for a specific group. averages hide things.
864,900+ open jobs across 14 EU countries, including a bunch of entry-level and grad roles →
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