Eurozone unemployment rate unexpectedly eased in November to its lowest level in over a decade, figures from Eurostat showed on Wednesday.
The seasonally adjusted jobless rate eased to 7.9 percent from a revised 8 percent in October. Economists had expected the rate to remain unchanged at October's original rate of 8.1 percent. The latest jobless rate was the lowest since October 2008, Eurostat said.
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