The number of unemployed registered in the offices of public employment services (formerly Inem) rose by 13,907 unemployed in September (+ 0.4%), its lowest rise in this month since 2004, when it increased by 874 people.

After the rebound in September, the second consecutive after August, the total volume of unemployed stood at 3,079,711 unemployed, its lowest level in a month of September since 2008, as reported by the Ministry of Labor, Migration on Tuesday and Social Security .

In seasonally adjusted terms, unemployment fell by 28,629 people in the ninth month of the year.

The services sector, as usually happens at the end of the summer season, was the one that increased the number of unemployed in September, with an increase of 24,419 unemployed (+ 1.1%), followed by the group without previous employment (+9,148 unemployed, + 3.5%)

The rest of the sectors experienced declines: agriculture lost 9,601 unemployed (-6.7%); construction reduced the number of unemployed by 7,599 people (-2.9%) and the industry registered 2,460 fewer unemployed (-0.9%).

Within the historical series of September , which begins in 1996, unemployment has always risen in this month except in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The rebound of this year is the lowest in the last 15 years. You have to go back to September 2004 to find a rise of smaller caliber (874 unemployed).

In the last year, unemployment has been reduced by 122,798 people, at an interannual rate of 3.8%.

Regarding contracting , 2,094,635 contracts were made in the ninth month of the year, 7.3% more than in September 2018, of which 238,723 were indefinite contracts, 11.4% of the total, with an increase 2.5% compared to the same month last year.

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