Eurozone economic confidence improved to a four-month high in July as sentiment in industrial and service sectors strengthened amid the relaxation of coronavirus containment measures, survey data showed Thursday.
Elsewhere, official data revealed that the unemployment rate increased in June although member countries started to phase out stringent steps taken to curb the spread of Covid-19.
The economic sentiment index climbed to 82.3 in July from 75.8 in the previous month, survey data from European Commission showed. The score was forecast to rise to 81.0.
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