Eurozone unemployment rises from record low to 6.5%

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Unemployment in the eurozone has increased from its record low, rising unexpectedly to 6.5 per cent as high interest rates and a stagnating economy start to take their toll on the region’s job market.

Eurostat, the EU statistics office,

that the number of unemployed people rose 69,000 in September from the…