According to this analysis, which is based on preliminary data, the number of unemployed also rose by 1.7 percent to 33,000, but the number of inactive people fell by 83,000, down 0.7 percentage points from December 2022.
These figures represent a 0.1 percentage point increase in both the employment rate and the unemployment rate, but a 0.2 point decrease in the inactivity rate, according to the Istat experts.
On the other hand, the report states that in the fourth quarter of 2022 there were 120,000 more people in employment than in the previous three months, an increase of 0.5 percent, while the number of unemployed fell by 1.5 percentage points with 30,000 fewer and in one Percentage of 0.8 the inactive that decreased by 108,000 units.
According to the analysis, this trend is reflected in a 1.2 percentage point increase in the employment rate compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, which coincides with the decrease in the unemployment and inactivity rate of 1.1 and 0.5 percent, respectively.
As for companies, the document adds, in economic terms, employment growth continued by 0.2 percentage points, slower than in previous quarters, with an increase of 0.5 percent due to the effect of the full-time component, but with a decrease in the same Percentage part-time.
In 2022, the increase in the number of employed reached 545,000, with a decrease in the unemployed by 339,000 and the inactive by 484,000, including those aged 15-64.
The employment rate rose to 60.1 percent, up 1.9 percentage points in a year, while the unemployment rate fell 1.4 percent and inactivity fell 1.1 percentage points, the source adds.
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