Feb 2 (Reuters) - The number of people registering as
jobless in Spain rose by 2.49% in January from a month earlier,
or by 70,744 people, leaving a total of 2.91 million people out
of work, the lowest number for a month of January since 2008,
data from the Labour Ministry showed on Thursday.
Spain gained 57,726 net formal jobs in January to 20.3
million jobs, after a December job loss, a separate report from
the Social Security Ministry showed.
Unemployment of young people under 25 years of age increased
3.96% in January, by 7,753 people, compared to the previous
month and reaching a record low in the historical series of
203,504 people in the month of January.
(Reporting by Marta Serafinko in Gdansk, editing by David
Latona)
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