Unemployment figure drops but still 151,610 unemployed in Malaga region

[Suenneil]

Any drop in the number of unemployed has to be good news - if only for the 2560 who have just got back into some sort of work.

We can argue about how difficult it is to find work until the cows come home ... but for these 2560 Im sure its made their Summer a bit brighter! ...... Sue x

Quote from SurinEnglish today .... Figures released by the Department for Work show a second consecutive monthly dip in the rate of unemployment in Malaga in June, with 2,560 unemployed people returning to work. This represents the highest monthly drop, of 1.66%, since April 2006, and the most successful June in the past eight years. Malaga has shown itself to be currently the most successful province within Andalucía at reducing unemployment.
Behind the figures are an increase in the number of contracts for tourism and construction industries brought about by the start of summer high season, in addition to various local investment plans. Agriculture is the only sector to have registered a rise in unemployment.
However, trade unions have been keen not to appear too optimistic, with the reminder that June is traditionally a month for falling unemployment. Furthermore, the decrease hides the fact that 151,610 people in Malaga are still in search of work, 48,115 more than in June 2008, representing a year-on-year increase of 46.49%.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by Suenneil

Any drop in the number of unemployed has to be good news - if only for the 2560 who have just got back into some sort of work.

We can argue about how difficult it is to find work until the cows come home ... but for these 2560 Im sure its made their Summer a bit brighter! ...... Sue x

Quote from SurinEnglish today .... Figures released by the Department for Work show a second consecutive monthly dip in the rate of unemployment in Malaga in June, with 2,560 unemployed people returning to work. This represents the highest monthly drop, of 1.66%, since April 2006, and the most successful June in the past eight years. Malaga has shown itself to be currently the most successful province within Andalucía at reducing unemployment.
Behind the figures are an increase in the number of contracts for tourism and construction industries brought about by the start of summer high season, in addition to various local investment plans. Agriculture is the only sector to have registered a rise in unemployment.
However, trade unions have been keen not to appear too optimistic, with the reminder that June is traditionally a month for falling unemployment. Furthermore, the decrease hides the fact that 151,610 people in Malaga are still in search of work, 48,115 more than in June 2008, representing a year-on-year increase of 46.49%.

Thanx for that Sue...... I think!!???? Having just decided I need to get a job!!!

Jo xx

[Suenneil]

Originally Posted by jojo

Thanx for that Sue...... I think!!???? Having just decided I need to get a job!!!

Jo xx

I suppose I was trying to stay optimistic and positive .... as I promised myself last week I would make it my mission to do so for the rest of this year!!!! .... (whilst trying to remain realistic at the same time of course!)

Even though the numbers are relatively small - it still tells us that someone somehwere was looking for staff in June! and not just working their existing staff to death - or closing down ... so thats my take on it ... so I can stay positive and cheery!!!

[SteveHall]

What has really upset me this week is that Zappy is claiming credit for the small drop in the number of those out of work this week but will not take responsibility for the horrendous 17% unemployment figure!! Typical politician - at least you always know when they are lying. If you look carefully there lips are moving.

The small fall was good news, of course, BUT many observers expected the figures to be much better. Let's hope this is the beggining of an upturn and not just a case of one swallow not making a summer ....or some other mixed metaphor!

[Xose]

Originally Posted by SteveHall

What has really upset me this week is that Zappy is claiming credit for the small drop in the number of those out of work this week but will not take responsibility for the horrendous 17% unemployment figure!! Typical politician - at least you always know when they are lying. If you look carefully there lips are moving.

The small fall was good news, of course, BUT many observers expected the figures to be much better. Let's hope this is the beggining of an upturn and not just a case of one swallow not making a summer ....or some other mixed metaphor!

Mr Zapaterito has a lot to answer for when it comes to "Crisis, what crisis" + "Spain is the 8th largest economy" and all the rest of the twaddle he dealt out at the eager listeners/viewers. Sure, in GDP Spain is the 8th largest. So what if it's foundations are less stable than a sand castle?

I want to see the unemployment figures relating to minus the Government short term projects (i.e. sustainable industry only, not 3 months creating ditches by some road). Also, a real employment stat. Only including those on permanent contracts. That would make for interesting reading!!

UBS released their Spain state of the nation findings this week. Housing to drop another 20% yet (though this is another throw away stat, unless you own a flat or a house in an "Adosadas" state).
Unemployment in 2010 is seen by them at 25% - Ouch!!

Bottom line, without real jobs generating wealth, all the short term contracts from the government are simply delaying the inevitable. Let's hope "Energias Renovables" starts to take off in a big way, at least there, Spain is currently with world leaders.

Mr Feijo (PP Xunta de Galicia) has started to wind me up already. He's removing school book subsidy from families on the smallest of income, calls it means tested for fairness, and basis his argument on recouping 20M deficit left by the socialists. I would ask him to get rid of some of the 151000 plus Funcionarios in Galicia or simply take around 133€ a year away from them and Bingo, there's your 20M AND you'll have people who can read and write to work in the future to boot..... you short sighted numptie!

Xose

[Suenneil]

Article in todays SurinEnglish regarding the unemployment figures ... apparently fallen again (third month running) but still at 18.1% and the highest in Europe ..... staggering to note that unemployment here has risen by 46% in the past 12 months alone!!!!! an enormous jump!!

Sue


The number of unemployed people in Spain fell by 20,794 in July, or 0.58 percent, marking three consecutive months of declines and putting the total jobless at 3.5 million, the government said on Tuesday.
The number of unemployed people in Spain, however, has risen by 1.11 million, or 46.03 percent, in the past 12 months, the Labor and Immigration Ministry said, citing Public Employment Service figures.
The drop in unemployed workers last month was a marked improvement from July 2008, when 36,492 people lost their jobs.
Spain has the highest unemployment rate in the European Union, according to figures released by Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency.
Eurostat said in a report last week that Spain's unemployment rate was 18.1 percent in June.
Spain's economy is currently in its first recession since 1993, with the construction and service sectors having been especially battered by the global financial crisis.
In June, the central bank said in its annual report that it feared unemployment in the Iberian nation would remain high for an extended period and jeopardize economic recovery.
Proclaiming the worst of the recession over, Banco de España chief Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordoñez said the impact of the 68 billion euros in stimulus spending by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's Socialist government was likely to show up in the second half of the year.
Fernández Ordoñez nevertheless called the unemployment trend "worrisome" and said he feared the Spanish economy could continue shedding jobs - albeit at a slower pace - for months to come.

[Suenneil]

Article on ThinkSpain this weekend indicates that we are still in for more redundancies and a tough last quarter to 2009! Im trying soooooooooooo hard to remain positive about the situation both here and back in the UK - but it aint looking too good at the moment .... I suppose I should be thankful Im one of the employed as opposed to the unemployed

SPAIN’S economic recovery will not start to happen until next year, and the country is to face a difficult autumn in terms of employment.

Minister of Science and Innovation, Cristina Garmendia (pictured), pronounced these words yesterday in a press conference in Alcorcón (Madrid).

She echoed president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s promise that although tax increases are on the horizon, these will be ‘limited and temporary’.

“In no case will it affect income from work, nor small or medium-sized businesses,” Garmendia stressed.

“In the short term, we will see a more difficult autumn; within a period of around 12 months I believe we will return to the path that is going to take Europe, and Spain, too, towards an economic recovery,” the minister told reporters.

[anles]

Originally Posted by Xose

Mr Zapaterito has a lot to answer for when it comes to "Crisis, what crisis" + "Spain is the 8th largest economy" and all the rest of the twaddle he dealt out at the eager listeners/viewers. Sure, in GDP Spain is the 8th largest. So what if it's foundations are less stable than a sand castle?

I want to see the unemployment figures relating to minus the Government short term projects (i.e. sustainable industry only, not 3 months creating ditches by some road). Also, a real employment stat. Only including those on permanent contracts. That would make for interesting reading!!

UBS released their Spain state of the nation findings this week. Housing to drop another 20% yet (though this is another throw away stat, unless you own a flat or a house in an "Adosadas" state).
Unemployment in 2010 is seen by them at 25% - Ouch!!

Bottom line, without real jobs generating wealth, all the short term contracts from the government are simply delaying the inevitable. Let's hope "Energias Renovables" starts to take off in a big way, at least there, Spain is currently with world leaders.

Mr Feijo (PP Xunta de Galicia) has started to wind me up already. He's removing school book subsidy from families on the smallest of income, calls it means tested for fairness, and basis his argument on recouping 20M deficit left by the socialists. I would ask him to get rid of some of the 151000 plus Funcionarios in Galicia or simply take around 133€ a year away from them and Bingo, there's your 20M AND you'll have people who can read and write to work in the future to boot..... you short sighted numptie!

Xose

Every time I see a reference to Mr. Feijoo my blood boils... his latest or maybe latest but one is to cut out afternoon surgery, ops etc to reduce waiting lists... I'm still working that one out!!!

[Suenneil]

Im not deliberately posting bad news here ... but as each months figures are released I thought it was useful to keep up to speed on the unemployment issue. Particularly for those people considering a move over to Spain now who need to find work.....its hard!

Note the final figure

Unemployment in Spain has risen again after three months of falls. The forecasts from the Ministry for Employment have been met with an increase of 84,985 people in the number of people registered at INEM employment offices for August, taking the total number out of work to 3,629,080.

The increase is the second worst August number ever, beaten only by the increase seen in August last year.

The Secretary General for Employment, Maravillas Rojo, noted that the August number was affected by the new arrivals on the jobs market, the ending of temporary contracts and a lower level on jobs on offer.

The INEM numbers show that over the past year the number of unemployed in Spain has increased by 1,099,079 or 43%.

[Suenneil]

I promised to keep this page updated as and when any figures or forecasts were released ..... here are todays quoted in El Pais and other Spanish newspapers,

Sue


El País reports that the OECD has said that Spain will see 20% unemployment next year, the worst rate in the OECD countries. The paper also notes that the Minister for Tax and the Economy, Elena Salgado, has been putting out feelers on a possible IVA/VAT increase of 2%.
La Razón notes that the recession will see the loss of 2.7 million jobs in Spain according to the OECD forecasts.
ABC leads with the story and headlines ‘Spain will be the main producer of unemployed in the world next year’.
Público says the OECD has said there will be 4.5 million unemployed in Spain.