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ARCHIVED - Murcia unemployment rises to 123,330; 21 percent higher than a year ago
The Coronavirus pandemic is now starting to show more clearly in unemployment totals, both in Murcia and in Spain as a whole
The true effect of the pandemic is starting to show more clearly in the February unemployment data which was published on March 2, clearly demonstrating that jobs in Murcia have felt the effects of the third wave of the coronavirus health crisis, with an extra 257 people joining the unemployment lists in February, bringing the regional total to 123,330.
The figure is 21.53 per cent higher than in February 2020, when there were 21,845 fewer people out of work, the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) has reported.
As was the case in much of the country, the worst-affected sector was Services, with an increase of 667 leading to a total of 79,783 unemployed people.
This new increase, in a month that is generally a slow one for employment as it falls between the end of Christmas sales campaigns and the start of the Spring and Easter ones, and means that Murcia has seen its unemployment rate increase for five months in a row.
National situation:
The impact of the third wave of Covid-19 has been harsh, and Spain now has more than four million unemployed, after unemployment rose by 44,436 in February (1.1 per cent), its steepest rise in this month since 2013, when it increased by 59,444 people. Altogether, the latest report reveals that 4,008,789 people are now out of work across the country.
In addition, there are still 900,000 workers still under ERTE furlough schemes, whom the Ministry of Labour does not include within the unemployment data as their hours have been reduced or their jobs suspended, rather than officially ended.
The Social Security system lost 30,211 contributors in February, leaving a total of 19,074,871 people in work and putting an end to a streak of eight consecutive months of increases in the seasonally adjusted series. Over the last year, the Social Security system has lost 400,117 contributors, a fall of 2.08 per cent.
Despite the figures, the national government has called for caution. Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz said that the increase in unemployment caused by the third wave of coronavirus was bad news and that the pandemic had worsened an already weak market but that the government continues to work to improve the situation. The opposition, however, was quick to argue and demand further measures. “Spain is suffering a social catastrophe. We demand that the government brings in an urgent plan to overcome this drama: fewer taxes and bureaucracy, more liquidity and flexibility,” said PP party leader Pablo Casado.