Eurozone unemployment holds at 11.5 percent

FXStreet (London) - Eurozone unemployment held at 11.5 percent in October, level with the September print, according to Eurostat.

The 28-member European Union unemployment rate was 10.0 percent in October 2014, also stable compared with September 2014 and down from 10.7 percent in October 2013,

Compared with September 2014, the number of persons unemployed increased by 42 000 in the European Union and by 60 000 in the Eurozone. Compared with October 2013, unemployment fell by 1.549 million in the EU and by 547 000 in the Eurozone.