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Eurozone unemployment rate falls slightly to 6.3% in November

CdM | The unemployment rate fell slightly in November in the Eurozone, to 6.3%, one tenth below the previous month’s figure, but one tenth higher than the previous year’s figure, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU). Across the EU, the unemployment rate stood at 6% in November, stable compared to October and higher than the 5.8% recorded in the same month in 2024. Compared to…


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Unemployment remains stable in more than half of OECD countries in October

Unemployment remains stable in more than half of OECD countries in October 11 December 2025 CdM | In October, the unemployment rate remained stable in 21 of the 32 OECD countries with available data. Seven OECD countries experienced an increase and four a decrease. Specifically, Mexico, Korea, Japan and Israel recorded unemployment rates of 3% or less. In contrast, Spain maintained a double-digit unemployment rate of 10.5%, while Finland reached…


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Spain: Unemployment Falls to 10%

Bankinter | The number of unemployed people fell by 18,805 in November, compared to a rise of 22,100 in October. Unemployment stands at 2.4 million people (down 0.8% month-on-month and 6.2% year-on-year). Seasonally adjusted Social Security affiliations total 21.84 million people (up 44.5 thousand workers, 0.2% month-on-month, 2.5% year-on-year), although the average number of SS Affiliates for the month declined by 14.4 thousand people (0.1% month-on-month). OPINION: The number of…


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Eurozone unemployment rate rises to 6.3% in August, aggregate increase of 11,000 workers

Intermoney | The unemployment rate rose by one tenth of a percentage point in August to 6.3% across the Eurozone as a whole. We could have guessed this once we saw the data, which was somewhat unfavourable and showed an increase of 14,000 in the number of unemployed. At the aggregate level for the eurozone, this increase was 11,000, offset by other more moderate readings. However, we continue to see…


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Ministry of Labour admits 687,884 unemployed not counted

The Minister of Labour, Yolanda Díaz, and her team have spent three years without specifying how many people with fixed-discontinuous contracts are registered in the public employment service offices, arguing that the registration of job seekers is the responsibility of the autonomous communities. However, despite this opacity, the statistical services of the department do handle and even publish these figures. Thus, they estimate that in 2024, the number of people…


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Spain: unemployment decreases by 52,900 over last 12 months

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…


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First signs of weakness in US labour market: unemployment up slightly to 3.9%

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…


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Unemployment falls by 50,268 in June and drops to 2008 levels, under 2.7 million

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,…


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Unemployment falls by 49,260 in May

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…


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Unemployment falls by 73,890 in April

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…