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Catalonia sees biggest drop in jobless total
Number of unemployed people fell by 13,378 in May, more than anywhere else in Spain
Jobless numbers in Catalonia fall in February
Around 4,685 fewer people were registered as unemployed last month, the largest decline Spain
Catalonia ends 2013 with less unemployed than in 2012 – a first since 2006
Catalonia has ended 2013 with 22,084 fewer unemployed people than in December 2012, with the total number amounting to 624,872 people, according to the Ministry of Employment and Social Security. The December figures also reveal that the total number of unemployed people has decreased between December 2012 and March 2013, a first since 2006. At monthly level, the number of unemployed people fell by 13,472 between November and December 2013. In the whole of Spain, the unemployment figures registered a drop, with 147,385 fewer people unemployed and the total number falling to 4,727, 814.
Unemployment in Catalonia is down in second quarter and set at 20.95%
Unemployment has fallen by 15,400 people in Catalonia during the second quarter according to the latest Labour Force Survey published this Friday by the National Statistics Institute. The overall totals indicate that 821,600 of the working population in Catalonia are unemployed at a rate of 20.95%, 130,700 more than a year ago. The state total shows an increase in unemployment in the second quarter, bringing Spain’s total to 5.7 million people without work, 24.6% of the working population. With nearly a quarter of the working population unemployed, the figures are higher than the historical record reached in 1994 during the last crisis.