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Unemployment will drop to pre-crisis levels in 2019: Spanish bank

BayRadio | July 12, 2018
Spain will return to its pre-crisis level of unemployment at the end of 2019 if growth continues at the current pace, Spanish bank BBVA has predicted.

Before 2008’s financial crisis began, Spain’s unemployment rate stood at around 8 percent while the latest 2018 studies put the figure at 15.8 percent.

This is still a far cry from the record levels reached in 2013, when unemployment skyrocketed to almost 27 percent.

According to the macroeconomic analysis branch of Spanish megabank BBVA, Spain’s job growth is “notable” given that 86 percent of the jobs lost during the crisis years have been recovered.

Rafael Doménech, head of the group dubbed BBVA research, told Catalan daily La Vanguardia that at the current growth rate Spain would return to its 2007 pre-crisis level of employment by 2019.

The research group also found that 80 percent of inequality cases in Spain are related to unemployment, adding that job creation is “essential” to guarantee a more inclusive Spanish society with higher living standards.

Doménech also explained how an increase in productivity would lead to a drop in temporary job contracts as full-time positions have been proven to be 15 percent more productive.

Even BBVA Research’s most cautious forecast, which takes into account protectionism and political instability, puts growth for 2018 at 3 percent and 2.5 percent for 2019.

Spain will return to its pre-crisis level of unemployment at the end of 2019 if growth continues at the current pace, Spanish bank BBVA has predicted.

Before 2008’s financial crisis began, Spain’s unemployment rate stood at around 8 percent while the latest 2018 studies put the figure at 15.8 percent.

This is still a far cry from the record levels reached in 2013, when unemployment skyrocketed to almost 27 percent.

According to the macroeconomic analysis branch of Spanish megabank BBVA, Spain’s job growth is “notable” given that 86 percent of the jobs lost during the crisis years have been recovered.

Rafael Doménech, head of the group dubbed BBVA research, told Catalan daily La Vanguardia that at the current growth rate Spain would return to its 2007 pre-crisis level of employment by 2019.

The research group also found that 80 percent of inequality cases in Spain are related to unemployment, adding that job creation is “essential” to guarantee a more inclusive Spanish society with higher living standards.

Doménech also explained how an increase in productivity would lead to a drop in temporary job contracts as full-time positions have been proven to be 15 percent more productive.

Even BBVA Research’s most cautious forecast, which takes into account protectionism and political instability, puts growth for 2018 at 3 percent and 2.5 percent for 2019.

Written by BayRadio


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