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In the third quarter of 2025, the employment rate of people aged 20-64 in the EU stood at 76.2%, stable compared with the second quarter of 2025. 

Labour market slack – all persons who have an unmet need for employment, including unemployed people – stood at 11.0% of the extended labour force aged 20-64 in the third quarter of 2025, also stable compared with the second quarter of 2025. 

This information comes from data on the labour market in the third quarter of 2025, published today by Eurostat. This article presents only a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article.

Source datasets: lfsi_emp_q and lfsi_sla_q

Between the second and the third quarter of 2025, Malta (+1.2 percentage points (pp)), Estonia (+0.8 pp), as well as Croatia, Portugal and Romania (+0.6 pp each) registered the highest increases in the employment rate among the 15 EU countries where employment rose. The employment rate remained stable in Denmark and the Netherlands, and decreased in 10 EU countries, with the biggest decreases recorded in Belgium (-0.7 pp), Luxembourg and Ireland (-0.5 pp each).

Source dataset: lfsi_emp_q

• The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a report that reviews the implementation of margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives.
• The report concludes that the framework has been effectively implemented and finds no evidence of material issues. No changes to the framework are proposed.
• The BCBS-IOSCO Working Group on Margining Requirements (WGMR) recommends ongoing monitoring through supervisory information exchange and the sharing of experiences among member authorities.

The BCBS and IOSCO today published a report that reviews the implementation of margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives. The assessment marks a milestone in the ongoing monitoring of the standard introduced in response to the 2011 G20 call to enhance the resilience of financial markets.

The standard, first published in September 2013, establishes a framework for margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives. The final phase of implementation occurred in September 2022, and implementation has now reached a steady state. The WGMR assessed the framework’s implementation, drawing on a 2024 quantitative impact study, a survey of WGMR members and recent international margin-related work.

The assessment found no material issues with the framework. The amount of margin exchanged for non-centrally cleared derivatives has increased materially since 2012, contributing to greater financial system resilience. The framework has been effective in supporting the intended functioning of capital and centrally cleared margin frameworks, including during recent episodes of market stress.

The BCBS and IOSCO do not propose changes to the framework, but recommend continued monitoring in the form of supervisory information exchange and the sharing of experiences among their members to address evolving market practices.

The full report is available on the BCBS and IOSCO websites.

Note to editors:

The Basel Committee is the primary global standard setter for the prudential regulation of banks and provides a forum for cooperation on banking supervisory matters. Its mandate is to strengthen the regulation, supervision and practices of banks worldwide with the purpose of enhancing financial stability. The Committee reports to the Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision and seeks its endorsement for major decisions. The Committee has no formal supranational authority, and its decisions have no legal force. Rather, the Committee relies on its members’ commitments to achieve its mandate. The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision is chaired by Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada. The Basel Committee is chaired by Erik Thedéen, Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank.

More information about the Basel Committee is available here.