Italian Unemployment Rate Held at 10.7% in July on Recession

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Italy’s jobless rate held at a seasonally-adjusted 10.7 percent in July as employers remain reluctant to hire amid a deepening recession.

June’s reading was revised to 10.7 percent from 10.8 percent, Rome-based national statistics office Istat said in a preliminary report today. Economists forecast an increase to