The FINANCIAL — The number of persons employed increased by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.2% in the EU28 in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the previous quarter, according to national accounts estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the first quarter of 2015, employment increased by 0.2% in the euro area and 0.3% in the EU28. These figures are seasonally adjusted.
Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, employment increased by 0.8% in the euro area and by 0.9% in the EU28 in the second quarter of 2015 (after +0.8% and +1.0% respectively in the first quarter of 2015).
Eurostat estimates that, in the second quarter of 2015, 228.8 million men and women were employed in the EU28, of which 151.0 million were in the euro area. These figures are seasonally adjusted.
Employment growth in Member States
Portugal (+1.3%) and Greece (+1.2%) recorded the highest increases in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the previous quarter, followed by Ireland and Spain (both +0.9%), Estonia (+0.8%), Luxembourg and Slovakia (both +0.7%). Decreases were recorded in Finland (-0.3%), the United Kingdom (-0.2%), Bulgaria and Lithuania (both -0.1%).
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