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Spain's Unemployment Problem

The Spanish unemployment rate hit 17.9% at the end of the Q2 2009, according to Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE), the highest level in the eurozone and well above the 8.9% average of the 27 EU member states. In fact, Spain makes up over half of the past year’s increase in eurozone unemployment, with over 30% of the eurozone’s jobless living in Spain. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) predicts that Spain’s jobless will reach 20% of the workforce during 2010, gradually[...]

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