MADRID (AP) — Spain’s sky-high unemployment rate remained stuck at 26 percent in the fourth quarter as the economy expanded but not enough to trigger job growth, according to a pair of government reports issued Thursday.
The jobless rate for the October-December period rose to 26.03 percent from 25.98 percent in the previous quarter and the number of unemployed stood at a rounded 5.9 million people, the National Statistics Agency said.
Recommended Stories
Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account
Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.