Increase by 82% the number of unemployed without previous employment or who have lost their jobs in the Balearic Islands in the second quarter.
The number of unemployed without previous employment or who have lost their jobs over one year increased by 81.8 percent in the Balearic Islands during the second quarter, compared to the same period of 2009 due mainly to increased long term unemployed in the sectors of industry, construction and services that have become part of this group.
So it shows a, ffxiv gil, labor market report by the Chamber of Commerce of Mallorca, which reveals that the services sector which concentrates the largest number of unemployed (50 600), although a reduction of 1.7 percent the second quarter of 2009.
For its part, the construction sector, with 13 700 unemployed, has been the economic sector which has declined over the, ffxiv gil, unemployed, in particular, a -39.9 percent, while the industrial sector amounted to the unemployed 3700, which means 14 percent less than the same period last year.
Furthermore, that study shows that the unemployment rate for the second quarter stood at 19.9 percent in the islands, which represents more than 1.8 percentage points over the same period, ffxiv gil, of 2009 (18.1 percent), while for the whole of Spain, the rate has risen to 20.1 percent, 2.2 points more than a year ago (17.4 percent).
As the number of unemployed, indicates that the archipelago has recorded 120 700 people, representing an increase of 12 percent compared to the situation a year ago (107 800), while in Spain, the number of unemployed has been 4.6 million, 12.3 percent more than in the second quarter of 2009 (4.1 million).
Finally, it stresses that the activity rate of the Balearic Islands is the largest in the state, with 67.8 percent, followed by Madrid (65.2 percent). By contrast, Asturias and Galicia recorded the lowest rates, with 51.5 and 54.4 percent respectively.
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