MADRID, 18 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The rate of unfilled jobs in the eurozone stood at 2.9% in the third quarter of the year, one tenth below the figure corresponding to the previous three months and the lowest level since the last quarter of 2021, according to reported Eurostat, which places Spain, with a rate of 0.9%, as the country with the fewest vacancies in the euro zone.
In absolute terms, the number of unfilled jobs in Spain between July and September was 143,868, slightly below the 146,069 free jobs in the previous quarter, although at a similar level to the 143,877 vacancies a year earlier.
Across the European Union as a whole, the vacancy rate in the third quarter was 2.6%, compared to 2.7% in the second quarter, the lowest rate since the fourth quarter of 2021.
In the euro zone, the job availability rate in the third quarter was 2.6% in industry and construction and 3.1% in services. Among the Twenty-seven, the rate was 2.3% in industry and construction and 2.9% in services.
Among Member States for which comparable data is available, the highest vacancy rates in the third quarter of 2023 were recorded in Belgium (4.7%), the Netherlands (4.5%), Austria (4.7%), 2%) and Germany. (4.1%).
In contrast, the lowest rates were observed in Bulgaria and Romania (0.8% in both), Spain and Poland (0.9% in both), Slovakia (1.1%) and Ireland (1.2%). .
In Spain, the vacancy rate in industry and construction was 0.5%, the lowest in the EU, while the proportion of jobs available in the services sector was 0.8%, only behind 0. .7% from Bulgaria and in line with Romania and Slovakia.
Last Thursday, at the press conference following the meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), which kept interest rates unchanged, Christine Lagarde pointed out the importance for the entity of “not letting down its guard.” and gather more information on the evolution of salaries, for which one of the factors is the data on job offers and vacancies, which determine the degree of adjustment in the market and, therefore, how salaries will behave in the future. next months.
