According to a flash estimate issued by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Wednesday 30 November, euro area annual inflation is estimated at 10.0% in November, compared to10.6% in October.
It was highest in the Baltic countries (21.7% in Latvia and 21.4% in Lithuania and Estonia) and lowest in Spain (6.6%), France (7.1%) and Malta (7.2%). The price increase was 11.3% in Germany and 12.5% in Italy. Among the main components of inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in November (34.9%, compared to 41.5% in October), followed by food, alcohol and tobacco (13.6%, compared to 13.1% in October).
Unemployment. In October, the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.5% in the euro area, down from 6.6% in September, and 6.0% in the EU, compared with 6.1% in September, according to data released by the Office on Thursday 1 December.
Eurostat estimates that in October 2022, 12.9 million men and women were unemployed in the EU, including 10.9 million in the euro area. (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)