In Q3 2024, the unemployment rate according to the ILO definition was virtually stable compared to the previous quarter: +0.1 points, representing 7.4% of the labour force. This was 0.3 points higher than the low point of 7.1% reached in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023, but still significantly lower than its mid-2015 peak (10.5%). The unemployment rate among the under-25s rose again in Q3 2024: +1.8 points, to 19.7%. This is 2.4 points above its level of a year earlier and is the highest it has reached since Q1 2021. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for those aged 25-49 remained virtually stable over the quarter (-0.1 points), 0.2 points below its level the previous year, at 6.6%. For those aged 50 and over, the unemployment rate fell by 0.3 points over the quarter, and by 0.5 points year on year, to 4.7%, its lowest level since the end of 2008...