Spanish unemployment drops in second quarter

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Madrid, Jul 28 (EFE) .- The number of registered unemployed people in Spain fell by 216,700 in the second quarter of 2016 to 4,574,700 and the jobless rate stood at 20 percent, one point less than the previous quarter.

According to the labor force survey released on Thursday by the National Statistics Institute, the unemployment rate decreased by 574,300 in the last 12 months.

By gender, unemployment among men decreased by 128,300 and 88,400 among women.

The age range between 25 and 54 years saw a decrease of 213,900 unemployed people, compared to an increase of 22,600 between people under 25 years.



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