Sept 7 (Reuters) – Euro zone employment rose by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter and rose by 1.3% year-on-year in the second quarter, the European Union statistics office said on Thursday, confirming its earlier estimate for the quarter-on-quarter figure and revising its earlier estimate for the year-on-year figure.
According to a Reuters poll, employment had been expected to rise 0.2% quarter-on-quarter and rise 1.5% year-on-year.
Growth rates of employment in persons
| Percentage change compared to the previous quarter | Percentage change compared to the same quarter of the previous year | |||||||
| 2022Q3 | 2022Q4 | 2023Q1 | 2023Q2 | 2022Q3 | 2022Q4 | 2023Q1 | 2023Q2 | |
| Euro area | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| EU | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
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