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Italian labour market not finished shedding jobs yet

Employment rose in Italy for the first time in five months in August, but this is unlikely to be the start of a trend. With the short-time work scheme becoming less generous and then expiring at the end of the year, we expect employment to fall further over the coming 12 months.

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