Euro zone unemployment dipped for a third consecutive month in January, against market expectations of an unchanged reading, dropping to its lowest level since August 2011.<br />The EU statistics agency Eurostat reported on Tuesday that the jobless rate in January was 10.3 percent, from 10.4 percent in December 2015.<br />The average expectation in a Reuters poll of 44 economists was for an unchanged reading, with forecasts ranging from 10.2 to 10.5 percent.<br />Eurostat estimated that 16.647 million people were unemployed in the euro area in January and 21.789 million in the EU's 28 members.<br />The unemployment rate fell in 24 member states, was stable in Estonia while increasing in Latvia, Austria and Finland.<br />The largest decreases were in Spain, Slovakia, Ireland and Portugal
