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Registered unemployment in Murcia falls by 8.52% in 2017 (02/01/2018)

Registered unemployment has fallen in Murcia by 8.52% in 2017 compared to the previous year.

Thus, while the number of unemployed stood at 2016 (monthly average) at 35,842, in 2017 this figure has decreased to 32,789 people, in the absence of accounting for the month of December, whose data have not yet been published.

Performing a more detailed analysis by age groups, we observe that unemployment has decreased in all of them, especially among people between 25 and 44 years old, which registered a decrease of 11.99%.

In the age group under 25 years of age, there has also been a significant decrease of 9.51%.

Finally, those over 44 show the slightest drop, with a decrease of 4.73%.

By sex, the decrease in registered unemployment occurred in both, being more pronounced in the case of men (-12.25% vs. -5.66%).

With regard to the unemployment rate on the working-age population (16-64), this is in Murcia by 11.22%, compared to 11.52% and 11.41% registered at regional and national level respectively.

The Councilor for Employment, Tourism and Culture, Jesus Pacheco, explained that "these data confirm the positive trend of reducing unemployment in the municipality which shows that we are on the right track although there is still much work to be done."

"From the Government Team we have been clear that one of the main pillars of our roadmap for these four years would be the creation of stable employment in the municipality, materialized in the Municipal Program for the promotion of employment as a backbone", has targeted Pacheco.

According to the councilor, "we have been betting on the creation of new programs, new lines of subsidies and other actions that seek to promote the generation of employment and consolidate the companies of the municipality and train those who already work or have lost their jobs so that can recover. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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