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Unemployment rate improves to 11.21% in 3Q2024

Bankinter | The unemployment rate has improved to 11.21% in 3Q2024 (down 0.07pp in the quarter, at 2008 levels). The Activity Rate continues to increase in the year to 59.04% (up 137.1 thousand in Q3), with an increase in the number of employed to 21.8 million (up 138.3 thousand), while the number of unemployed remains fairly stable at 2.75 million (down 1,200 people). The number of Employed rises to 21.8M…


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Number of unemployed rises by 3,170 in September, below historical average

Bankinter : The number of unemployed increased by 3,170 people in September (after going up 21,884 in August and with 12,000 expected). The number of unemployed now stands at 2.58M (up 0.1% month-on-month and down 5.4% year-on-year). Seasonally adjusted Social Security enrolled increased to 21.2m (22,220 workers, up 0.1% month-on-month and 2.3% year-on-year). Opinion of Bankinter’s analysis team: The number of unemployed increased below expectations in September, and below its…


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Spain Leads Long-Term Unemployment in EU: 585,000 Unemployed for 4 Years

In Spain, one in five unemployed individuals has been searching for a job for more than four years without success. This means that 585,000 people have been unable to find employment for over four years, placing the country, alongside Italy, at the forefront of long-term unemployment in Europe.According to data from the Quarterly Labor Market Observatory for the second quarter of the year, prepared by Fedea and BBVA, the incidence…


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August sees 194,000 jobs disappear, and a generalized rise in unemployment

The first “end of the summer”, the end of August, leaves in unemployment the effects of an economy that continues to rely on tourism as its main source of growth. Thus, unemployment rose by 21,884, in almost all communities, led by the Basque Country and the Mediterranean area. This is an advance in an upward curve that tends to be more so in September, when visitors say goodbye definitively. Moreover,…


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Unemployment in Spain continues to fall, figures imply rate of around 10.8%

Bankinter: The number of unemployed fell in July by 10,830 people (from 46,780 previously). The number of unemployed now stands at 2.55 million (down 4.8% year-on-year and 0.4% month-on-month). The seasonally adjusted Social Security affiliates remain at 21.17 million people (up 0.01% month-on-month and 2.2% year-on-year). Analysis: The number of unemployed continues to fall, although the pace is now more moderate. From these levels, it is falling less than is…


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Spain: Record number of Social Security contributors in June – 21.3 million – after 46,783 drop in unemployment

According to data from the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy, the number of unemployed registered with the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) fell by 46,783 people in June compared to May (-1.8%), to 2,561,067 people, the lowest figure since August 2008. The improvement in unemployment was mainly due to hotels and catering and trade. Compared with the level of June 2023, unemployment fell by 127,775 persons (-4.75%). Meanwhile, according…


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Unemployment in Spain down by 58,650 in May to 2,608,850 while Social Security enrolment reaches new record of 21.3 M employed people

The number of unemployed registered in the offices of the public employment services fell by 58,650 people in May compared to the previous month, representing a decrease of 2.2% in percentage terms, according to data published on Tuesday by the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy. After the decline in May, driven mainly by the services sector, the total number of unemployed stood at 2,607,850 unemployed, its lowest figure for…


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Unemployment rises by 117,000 in 1Q24

Unemployment rose by 117,000 people between January and March, which is 4.1% more than in the previous quarter, while employment fell by 139,700 jobs (0.6%), registering in both cases its worst data in a first quarter since 2020, with the arrival of Covid, the INE (National Employment Institute) reported on Friday. After rising by 117,000 people in the first three months of the year, the unemployment rate stood at 12.29%…


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Unemployment in Spain falls by 33,405 in March

The number of unemployed fell in March by 33,405 (after going down by 7,452 in February and 48,760 in the same month last year). The number of unemployed now stands at 2.73M (-1.2% month-on-month and -4.7% year-on-year). Seasonally adjusted Social Security affiliates increase to 21.03M people (+0.4% month-on-month and +2.4% year-on-year). For Sara García, Secretary for Trade Union Action and Employment of the trade union Unión Sindical Obrera (USO), “we…


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Unemployment in Spain falls by 7,452 in February

According to data published yesterday by the Ministry of Labour, the number of unemployed people registered in the offices of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) fell in February compared to January, by 7,452 people (-0.27%), to 2,760,408 unemployed. In seasonally adjusted terms, unemployment fell somewhat more, by 28,249 persons. In February 2023 unemployment rose by 2,618. Over the last 12 months, unemployment in Spain has fallen by 150,607 persons…