Greek Q4 unemployment rises to 8.3%
BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 05:02 AM ESTMarch 6 (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate rose to 8.3% in the fourth quarter from 8.2% in the third quarter, data by the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday.
The jobless rate for women was 10.8% versus 6.3% for men in the fourth quarter.
About 58% of Greece's 394,894 jobless are long-term unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for at least 12 months, the figures showed. (Reporting by Antonis Pothitos and Tomasz Kanik in Gdansk)
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