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Spain unemployment hits record high [View all]
Source: BBC News
25 April 2013 Last updated at 03:34 ET
Spain unemployment hits record high
Spain's unemployment rate soared to a new record of 27.2% of the workforce in the first quarter of 2013, according to official figures.
The total number of unemployed people in Spain has now passed the six million figure, although the rate of the increase has slowed.
The figures underline Spain's struggle to emerge from an economic crisis which began five years ago.
A big demonstration in Madrid is being planned against the austerity measures.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22290422
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