Historic reduction in unemployment in a month of April without Easter

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The decrease in the number of unemployed in a month of April without Easter can be described as a historic reduction. Data from the Ministry of Employment reflects a drop of 86,683 people. In seasonally adjusted terms, unemployment has been reduced by 24,149 people and in year-on-year terms the reduction has been 237,168, 6.6% less than in the same month last year.

Deceleration in the Valencian Community

In the Valencian Community the reduction has been limited to 3,341 fewer unemployed people, a 0.87% monthly decrease. The year-on-year reduction stands at 7.62%. By province, Alicante is the one that has presented the best Email Data performance, with a drop of 2,498 fewer unemployed; However, in Valencia only 745 unemployed people left the unemployment lines and in Castellón 98. Castellón is precisely the province that shows the best year-on-year evolution, with a drop in unemployment of 9.4%. In the case of Valencia, the reduction in unemployment is 8.3% and to a lesser extent Alicante, almost 6%.

In total, the number of unemployed in the Valencian Community is 380,543.

The regional Secretary of Employment, Enric Nomdedéu , has highlighted the fact that "we are facing the month of April with the lowest number of unemployed people since 2009. " Likewise, he has detailed the "especially significant" reduction in annual terms , since it exceeds 7% and is generalized in all groups by gender and age.

By sectors, the regional secretary has highlighted the positive evolution of the industry, which is the second sector where unemployment has dropped the most in year-on-year terms (10.7%).

The person responsible for Employment recalled that, since the beginning of the legislature, 130,000 jobs have been created in the Valencian Community. However, he has recognized that " the gender gap persists and that unemployment among those under 25 years of age has increased by 1.61% . " Thus, this month unemployment among women has decreased by 0.27% compared to 1.74% for men.




As for those under 25 years of age, unemployment has increased by 1.61% this month. However, Enric Nomdedéu has made a positive reading of this data "as young people are perceiving the usefulness of #NouServef and are registering to benefit from programs such as AvalemJoves " and has recalled that around 3,500 young people benefited last year from This program that Servef launched to work in local entities.

Andalusia, Catalonia and Madrid, at the head

The total number of unemployed amounts to 3,335,868, the lowest since January 2009. According to the Ministry , it has decreased, since February 2013, by more than 1.7 million unemployed.

Especially significant has been the decrease registered in Andalusia (24,105), Catalonia (12,515) and Madrid (9,461). If we consider the sectors of activity, the greatest decreases are experienced in services (57,607), construction (13,913), agriculture and fishing (9,561) and industry (7,040). On the contrary, it increases in the group of people without previous employment: 1,441 more unemployed.