Europe's Scariest Chart Update: Italy Now Worse Than Portugal
Europe's Scariest Chart Update: Italy Now Worse Than Portugal
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/defau.../picture-5.jpg Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/01/2013 11:03 -0500
For the first time in two years, Italy's youth unemployment rate is now higher than Portugal's at a staggering 38.7% (which is where Greece was just two years ago). Apart from Germany (which fell from 8.0% to 7.9%), every other nation saw youth unemployment rates rise with a record 24.2% of European youth unemployed. Greece (59.4%) and Spain (55.5%) remain the most concerning as we noted in the past, austerity sounds straightforward as a policy, until the consequences bite in terms of social unrest.
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/defau...130301_EU2.jpg
Europe's Scariest Chart Update: Italy Now Worse Than Portugal | Zero Hedge