According to the Economically Active Population Survey (EPA), prepared by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the number of employed persons increased in interannual terms by 434,700 persons in 2Q2024 and reached 21,684,700. The quarterly variation rate was 2.05%. Employment rose in 2Q2024 in all sectors: Services (304,000 more); Industry (63,400); Construction (61,100); and Agriculture (6,100). The quarterly variation rate of employment in seasonally adjusted terms was 0.37%.Unemployment fell by 222,600...

BancaMarch: First signs of weakness in the US labour market, known on Friday. On the one hand, the Non-Farm Employment Creation figure was below 200,000 jobs, and practically half of September’s figure (150,000 against 180,000 expected and against 297,000 of the previous month, revised downwards). In line with the lower job creation, we also saw unemployment rise by one tenth of a point to 3.9%, a rise that came in...

CdM | The number of unemployed registered in the offices of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) fell in June by 50,268 (-1.8%). This brings the total figure to the lowest since September 2008, falling below the 2.7 million mark to 2,688,842 unemployed. REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED TRENDS The Ministry of Labour and Social Economy stresses that this decline, which is widespread throughout the country, affects all sectors and all age groups,...

In May, the Social Security system gained an average of 200,411 contributors compared with the previous month (+0.97%) and the number of affiliates exceeded 20.8 million for the first time after adding more than 210,000 employed people, according to data from the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. In addition, the number of unemployed fell by 49,260 people compared to the previous month (-1.8%). All these data are driven...

The number of unemployed registered in the offices of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE), fell by 73,890 people in April to leave the total at 2,788,370, figures not recorded since 2008, according to the Ministry of Labour. Unemployment registered in April fell in all 17 Autonomous Communities, the most marked falls being in Andalusia (-20,551), Catalonia (-9,506) and Castile-La Mancha (-6,645). Year-on-year unemployment fell by 234,133 people (-7.75%). In...

Bankinter : The unemployment rate has risen in the first quarter of 2023 to 13.26% from 12.87% previously and versus the 13.0% expected. The number of unemployed has risen to 3.13M (as opposed to 3.0M at the end of 2022). The activity rate remains fairly stable at 58.55% (versus 58.52% previously). Analysis: the labour market is deteriorating more than expected and continues to slow down from 12.48% in 2Q 2022;...