
This was made apparent this Tuesday from Eurostat. The growth rate is the same as in the third quarter of 2015.
On an annual basis, employment increased by 1.2 percent in the euro area. Late last year, 151.9 million people had jobs in the eurozone.
Across the European Union, employment increased by 0.1 percent on a quarterly basis. Compared with a year earlier increased the number of jobs by 1 percent. Across the EU, there were 229.9 million people with jobs.