France: unemployment reached 10% at the end of 2014, an increase of 0.4 points … – Les Echos

The unemployment rate in France, according to the ILO, reached 10% by year-end, according to INSEE. He finds his level of mid-2013. In total, the government statisticians count of 2,877,000 metropolis unemployed at the end of 2014

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Unemployment continued to rise in Q4 2014, according to figures released Thursday by INSEE. In mainland France and it was up 0.1%, reaching the symbolic threshold of 10.0% (+0.1 pt). Taking into account overseas, it also increases by 0.1 points and now stands at 10.4%.

In one year, the rise in unemployment is much higher. With an increase of 0.4 points over the year, the unemployment rate, measured by the INSEE according to the standards of the International Labour Office (ILO), finds its level of mid-2013 in France. Including overseas, it rose 0.3 points year on year.

An announcement is bad news for the government still hoped, though he claimed less strong, keep the rate “below 10% unemployment” in France .

In total, Insee recorded in late 2014, 2.877 million of unemployed metropolis.

1 4 million unaccounted people want a job

In addition, precise INSEE “in France, among the inactive according to the ILO, 1.4 million a wish employment without being counted in the population of the unemployed according to the ILO. ”

The number of people that labor market experts describe as the “halo around unemployment,” grew throughout the year. The INSEE thus had 20,000 more on the last quarter alone and 78,000 throughout the year.