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The District of Cartagena recorded the least increase in unemployment relative to the month of October of the last ten years, according to the 'Monthly Report of the Labor Market of the Region of Cartagena', prepared by the Economic Studies Department of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, with the collaboration of the Regional Confederation of Business Organizations of Cartagena.
COEC cautiously assesses this increase of 2.5% in the figures for registered unemployment in the region of Cartagena during the month of October, compared to a smaller increase experienced in the Region of Murcia (1.34%).
Only, the municipality of Torre Pacheco (-5%) shows a decrease in unemployment figures during the month of October, next to the municipality of Fuente Álamo, which kept the number of unemployed stable.
In seasonally adjusted terms, registered unemployment in the region decreased by 226 people in October 2018 compared to September 2018, which represents a drop of 0.8%.
This decrease confirms that the increase in the number of registered unemployed is mainly due to seasonal effects.
Pedro Pablo Hernández has stated that "despite maintaining a positive trend in the inter-annual figures and being the least bad October of the last ten years, we are concerned about the political uncertainty, in the medium and long term, and how it can affect the current regulation. fiscal and labor ".
The president of COEC has insisted on the need to speed up investments in the large infrastructures needed by the Comarca of Cartagena (AVE, Mediterranean Corridor, ZAL, El Gorguel, etc.) as an element to break the seasonality of the labor market, subject to to a great dependence on the summer and Christmas season.
Equally, the enhancement of these infrastructures will bring about a significant increase in business investments to benefit from this improvement in logistics and communications.
The total number of unemployed in the region of Cartagena in October 2018 was 28,711 people.
This means an increase of 697 unemployed with respect to the month of September (see table 2), 2.5% more.
Unemployment rose especially in the services sector (4.0% more than in September) and in industry (+ 3.2%), decreasing only in construction (-5.2%).
By municipalities, the number of unemployed increased in almost all the municipalities of the region of Cartagena.
The only exceptions were in Torre Pacheco, where the number of unemployed fell by 5.0%, and in Fuente Álamo, where it remained stable.
The largest percentage increases in the number of unemployed in October occurred in Los Alcázares (+ 7.6%), San Pedro del Pinatar (+ 5.2%), San Javier (+ 5.0%) and La Unión (+ 4.0%).
By sex and age, unemployment increased among women (+ 8.4% in children under 25 years of age, + 4.7% between 25 and 44 years old and + 3.6% in people over 44 years of age).
Unemployment among men under 25 years of age also increased (+ 4.0%).
By contrast, unemployment fell slightly among men aged 25 to 44 years (-0.3%) and somewhat more in those over 44 (-1.6%).
The increase in the number of unemployed women is not surprising given that the only sector in which unemployment decreased is that of construction, a sector that has traditionally been nourished by male employment.
To put these variations of unemployment in context in October, the percentage increase in unemployment recorded during this month in the region was lower than that experienced in October 2017 and the average of the months of October of the last 10 years.
Therefore, at the county level, this month of October has been less negative than what are usually the months of October in terms of increases in unemployment.
At the municipal level Los Alcázares stands out negatively, where the month of October 2018 is worse than that of 2017 and the average of the months of October of the last ten years.
In San Javier unemployment increased, but less than it usually does in the month of October.
In Cartagena, Mazarrón, and San Pedro del Pinatar, the month of October 2018 was worse than that of 2017 but better than the average of the months of October of the last ten years.
Finally, in Torre Pacheco, unemployment decreased in a month that has traditionally been negative for employment in the municipality.
INTERANUAL DATA
With respect to the same month of the previous year, October 2017, the number of registered unemployed in the region of Cartagena has decreased by 1,843 people, representing a decrease of 6.0%.
This decrease is 0.9 percentage points higher than at the regional level.
In year-on-year terms, unemployment fell in all sectors, especially in construction (-13.4%) and industry (-11.9%).
These data give an idea of ​​the continued positive evolution of employment in the region during the last year as a whole.
By municipalities, and always in interannual terms, the number of unemployed decreased in all of the region, with the largest falls in Torre Pacheco (-12.7%), La Unión (-8.7%), San Javier (- 6.7%) and Cartagena (-5.9%).
By sex and age, unemployment decreased with respect to October 2017, especially in the age group between 25 and 44 years (-12.2% in men and -7.4% in women at the county level).
At the regional level, the number of unemployed registered in the employment offices of the Region of Murcia increased by 1,379 people during the month of October, after reaching 104,374, according to the data of Public State Employment Service (SEPE).
This figure represents an increase in the number of jobseekers of 1.34% in relation to the month of September, almost three tenths less than the increase in the state average (1.63%).
On the other hand, unemployment fell in year-on-year terms, so that in the last 12 months it fell in Murcia by 5,575 people, 5.07% less, compared to the national drop of 6.12%.
At the national level, the number of unemployed registered in the offices of the Public Employment Services in the last twelve months has been reduced by 212,323 people, placing the year-on-year decrease rate at 6.12%.
In seasonally adjusted terms, unemployment has dropped by 27,483 people.
The number of unemployed has risen in October in52,194 people in relation to the previous month.
This figure is lower than last year, which registered an increase of 56,884 people.
The total number of unemployed is 3,254,703. Thus, registered unemployment continues at its lowest levels in the last 9 years.
INCREASES RECRUITMENT
The total number of contracts signed in the region of Cartagena in October 2018 was 30,324 contracts.
This represents an increase of 8,939 contracts compared to the month of September, 41.8% more.
This increase is mainly caused by the greater number of contracts signed in the agriculture sector (15,317 signed contracts, 72.0% more than in September).
The rest of the sectors also show increases in the number of contracts signed during October 2018.
By municipalities, the number of signed contracts increased in almost all of the region except in Mazarrón, where it decreased by 0.6% due to the fall in hiring in both agriculture and services.
The largest percentage increases in the number of contracts signed in October were in San Javier (+ 104.3%), Los Alcázares (+ 43.8%), Cartagena (+ 43.4%), and Torre Pacheco (+40). ,4%).
With respect to the same month of the previous year, October 2017, the number of contracts signed in the region of Cartagena has increased by 3,681 contracts, an increase of 13.8%.
This increase is 2.9 percentage points higher than at the regional level.
In year-on-year terms, the number of contracts signed in the region grew by percentage in all sectors, especially in industry (+ 70.1%).
Source: COEC
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