France's unemployment rate increased in the third quarter, data from the statistical office INSEE showed on Thursday.
The ILO jobless rate rose to 7.7 percent in the third quarter from revised 7.6 percent in the second quarter. The unemployment rate was forecast to rise to 7.6 percent from the second quarter's initial estimate of 7.5 percent.
The number of unemployed increased 44,000 from the previous quarter to 2.4 million.
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