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Spain’s October jobless rises by 1.04% from September to 2.60 million

Published by Uma Rajagopal

Posted on November 5, 2024

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· Last updated: January 29, 2026

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(Reuters) – The number of people in Spain registering as jobless rose 1.04% in October from a month earlier, or by 26,769 people, leaving 2.60 million people out of work, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Tuesday. Spain gained 67,772 net formal jobs during the month to 21.29 million jobs, when adjusting to seasonality, […]

(Reuters) – The number of people in Spain registering as jobless rose 1.04% in October from a month earlier, or by 26,769 people, leaving 2.60 million people out of work, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Tuesday.

Spain gained 67,772 net formal jobs during the month to 21.29 million jobs, when adjusting to seasonality, a separate report from the Social Security Ministry showed.

(Reporting by Maria Luiza Amaral, editing by Inti Landauro)

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