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1.982 fewer unemployed in February in Extremadura, up to 122.809

The unemployment rate has gone down 1.59% between January and February in the region of Extremadura, a 7.65% interannual rate, with 10.166 fewer unemployed people than in the same month in 2016, above all in the service industry, which had 1.423 fewer unemployed.

Eulalia N. González
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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 .