Greek August unemployment drops to 18.9 percent, lowest since Aug. 2011

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate eased to 18.9 percent in August from an upwardly revised 19.1 percent in the previous month, falling to its lowest level since August 2011, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.Seasonally adjusted data showed the number of unemployed at 896,588 people, with younger persons aged up to 24 bearing the brunt of being out of work.Among younger persons aged 15 to 24, the jobless rate fell to 36.8 percent from 40.4 percent in the..