Job destruction can be tricky
MADRID | By Álex García.
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Market chatter: Spain gloomy jobless rate, Santander 1Q results and much more
MADRID | By Jaime Santisteban | Spain’s unemployment rate climbed to nearly 26 per cent in 1Q, official data showed Tuesday, despite the positive growth figures the government is proudly showing. Markets are weighing the effects of those numbers on the country’s sluggish recovery, the same day Spanish bank Santander announced an 8% profit increase in 1Q. Spain only accounts for 14% of the entity’s profits, while the UK is already 20%.
4.8 million of Spanish jobless, unacceptable for 4th EZ economy
MADRID | By Francisco López | Figures of March’s unemployment in Spain are clearly good, although talking about a trend change in labour market seems sort of unwise given current indicators of growth, deficit and debt. Therefore, Spanish Ministry of Economy Luis de Guindos anticipated a modification of the economic estimations that will be sent to the European Comission before the end of April.
SPECIAL REPORT: Are minijobs a solution for Europe?
BERLIN | By Alberto Lozano | Europeans never stop listening to ideas for economic reforms. One potentially successful option, with support from Europe’s leading institutions for smaller economies, is the ¨minijob¨.
But are these atypical jobs the solution to move Spain’s 26 percent unemployment rate closer to Germany’s 5 percent?
The Bizarre Twist of Spain’s Unemployment Data
MADRID | By Julia Pastor and Fernando G. Urbaneja | 1,949 unemployed less in Spain in February. Agreed that it is just a drop in the ocean of almost 6 million of jobless Spanish people, but the figure symbolizes an improvement. A tiny one, but positive at last. For the first time in four years, February’s affiliation to social security increased in 40,000 people, which means reaching a yearly positive rate of 0.4%. If we take a look at the number of affiliated, though, it makes a total of 16.12 million in Spain’s labour market, which surprisingly is one of the worst data in all XXI century.
Good Jobs Report in a Deeply Unemployed Spain
MADRID | By The Corner Team | The Spanish government celebrated February’s job report on Tuesday, with jobless rate fall by 1,949 people from the previous month to 4.81 million. Although figures show that the worst of the recession is already behind the curve, critics point out there is still a deep employment fragility, with job creation mainly happening in Andalousia’s temporary agricultural sector.
Bonuses and Job Losses: Communicating Vessels?
MADRID | By Álex García.
Less unemployment also means less jobs in Spain
MADRID | By Fernando G.Urbaneja | With no possibility to devaluate currency, 3.7 million jobs have dissapeared in Spain’s society. This data should force Spanish political leaders as well as population to start a long and profound debate.
In Spain, the Three Kings Also Looking for a Job
MADRID | By Álex García.
Germany Employment Rate Shows a Brighter EU Face
BERLIN | By Alberto Lozano | While the euro zone jobless rate reached 12.1 percent in October, Germany has promising news for itself: national labor market is expected to create about 180,000 jobs in 2014. Why is this happening?