MADRID: The third straight month of falling unemployment, jobless claims declined in April by 118,923 to 4.33 million from March. That is the biggest drop for the month since the current statistical series began in 1996, the labour ministry said in a statement.
On a seasonally adjusted basis the number of registered unemployed fell by 50,160.Spain’s seasonal employment market, which includes jobs in the country’s vital tourism industry, is often tight in April as hotels and restaurants take on extra staff for the Easter break. The number of registered unemployed was down by 351,285 or 7.5 percent over April 2014, its strongest decline in 19 years, the ministry said.
Deputy Labour Minister Engracia Hidalgo said in a statement that the data show the “solid and positive” trend in unemployment is consolidating. The labour ministry’s monthly figure is a different measure from the quarterly unemployment rate, which stood at 23.78 percent in the first quarter, according to the National Statistic Institute.
