Spain Unemployment Change Registered at -57.8K Above Expectations (-68.5K) in May

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The labour market statistics that the Government makes public every month bring a symbolic fact on this occasion: the number of unemployed persons registered in the offices of the Public Employment Service (SEPE) has dropped from the barrier of 2.5 million unemployed for the first time since July 2008, 17 years ago. Data published on Tuesday by the Ministry of Labour indicate that the number of registered unemployed has been reduced by 57,835 pe…

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Unemployment has not descended from this barrier for 17 years and several historical highs of membership have been exceeded, such as the 3.4 million self-employed and the 10.3 million working women.

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May is usually one of the best months for the labor market in Spain, and this time it has not been an exception. Yesterday it was announced that, during the last month, employment has been...

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Unemployment in the agricultural sector fell in May by 2.77% (2,259 people less than in April) and fell to 79,227 unemployed, according to data from the Public Employment Service (SEP) registers released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy. In all of Spain’s economic activities, registered unemployment declined by 57,835 people in May (-6 % compared to April), and stood at 2,454,883 unemployed, which meant a decline from 2.5 …

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Social Security earned an average of 7,372 contributors in May in Galicia compared to the previous month (+0.68%, slightly below the average), so that the total was 1,094,806, according to the data published this Tuesday by the Ministry of Social Security.