Spain unemployment rate climbs to record 27.16pc

Published April 25, 2013 Updated April 25, 2013 07:14am

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By Parvez Jabri

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MADRID: Spain's unemployment rate soared to a new record of 27.16 percent of the workforce in the first quarter of 2013 as the number of those without jobs surpassed six million, official data showed Thursday.

The unemployment rate jumped from 26.02 percent in the previous quarter. The number of unemployed climbed by 237,400 people to 6.2 million, the National Statistics Institute said.

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