Eurozone unemployment steady at record 12.1% in July

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The eurozone unemployment rate was steady at a record 12.1 percent in July but there was another slight fall in the total jobless numbers after an improvement in June, official data showed on Friday.

The total number of people without work in the 17-nation eurozone fell 15,000 to 19.23 million, after a drop of 35,000 in June, the Eurostat statistics agency said.