Unemployment in Spain – August sees the first rise in unemployment after six months of improvement

A total of 8,070 people joined Spain’s jobless queues in August, the first rise in unemployment after six months of improvement, official figures released on Tuesday show. The rise means there were 4,427,930 Spaniards registered as looking for work at the country’s unemployment offices at the end of August, Spain’s employment ministry figures show.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Spain’s unemployment remains stubbornly high: 4.5 million in August — MercoPress.