Extremadura registered 1.982 fewer unemployed people at the close of February, which means a drop of almost 1.6%, leaving a total of 122.809 unemployed people in the region. In terms of the interannual rate, that means 10.166 fewer unemployed, or 7.65%.
By sectors, the biggest drop is in service, with 1.423 fewer unemployed people, followed by Agriculture (-298), Construction (-129), Industry (-114) and those without previous employment (-18).
In February, 38.268 contracts were signed in Extremadura, of which 1.901 were indefinite .