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April 27 (Reuters) - Spain's unemployment rate rose to
13.26% in the first quarter of 2023 from 12.87% three months
earlier, data from the National Statistics Institute showed on
Thursday.
The number of unemployed people rose to 3.13 million, up
103,800, or 3.43%, from three months earlier, INE said.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast Spain's
unemployment rate would rise to 12.90%. The rate was 13.65% in
the first quarter of 2022.
Unemployment rate generally rises in the first quarter as
tourism industry activity ebbs and seasonal sectors such as
agriculture are in standby.
The first quarter unemployment rate was at its lowest since
first quarter 2008 when it was 9.60%.
(Reporting by Tiago Brandao, editing by Inti Landauro and
Tomasz Janowski)
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