Spanish Unemployment Falls to Nine Year Low

October 26, 2017 Share Print 0

Spanish unemployment fell to a nine-year low in the third quarter, providing some good economic news for the government as it tries to get a grip on the political crisis in Catalonia.The rate declined to 16.4 percent from 17.2 percent in the previous three months, Spain’s Statistics Institute said Thursday.

That’s the best reading since the end of 2008 and beats the 16.6 percent median estimate in a Bloomberg survey.Breaking down the data, the number of people without a job fell by 182,600 people to 3.7 million. Hiring in services, industry and construction led employment growth for the quarter.

Source: Spain Joblessness Falls to Nine-Year Low Amid Catalan Crisis – Bloomberg

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Based in London, Craig Erlam joined OANDA in 2015 as a market analyst. With many years of experience as a financial market analyst and trader, he focuses on both fundamental and technical analysis while producing macroeconomic commentary. His views have been published in the Financial Times, Reuters, The Telegraph and the International Business Times, and he also appears as a regular guest commentator on the BBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX Business and SKY News. Craig holds a full membership to the Society of Technical Analysts and is recognised as a Certified Financial Technician by the International Federation of Technical Analysts.