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The percentage fall in registered unemployment during the month of May 2019 in the region, standing at -4.5%, was more marked than that experienced in May 2018 (-2.4%) and clearly higher in absolute value at average percentage decrease during the months of May of the last 10 years (-1.9% for the period 2009-2018).
This same pattern is repeated in each and every one of the municipalities of the region, according to the 'Monthly Report of the Labor Market of the Region of Cartagena', prepared by the Economic Studies Department of the UPCT with the collaboration of the Regional Confederation of Business Organizations of Cartagena (COEC).
The study indicates that these data indicate that the month of May 2019 was "especially positive for employment in the region of Cartagena, even in the context of a month that is traditionally favorable for reducing unemployment".
And is that, adds the report, "it should be borne in mind that part of this decrease in the number of unemployed could be related to the holding of municipal and regional elections at the end of May, so we will have to wait to see if the acceleration in the creation of employment is maintained in the month of June ".
The president of COEC, Pedro Pablo Hernández, stressed that "traditionally, May is a positive month for the reduction of unemployment because it is the prelude to the summer season, on this occasion, it shows the best figures of the last 10 years, both monthly, interannual as seasonally adjusted ".
In this respect, it highlighted the year-on-year decreases in agriculture (-10.6%), in construction (10.5%) and, especially in the group without previous employment (-9.5%).
However, he showed his "concern about the year-on-year increase in the industry (+ 5.20%), a sector that is characterized by the creation of quality jobs and that knew how to resist the last economic crisis".
Likewise, Hernández highlighted the increase in the number of contracts signed in the region of Cartagena in May (+38.7%), both on the increase in hiring in May 2018 (+16.2) and on the average increase in hiring of the last ten years (+ 17.7%).
The president of COEC asked future regional and municipal governments to contribute to "the creation of a favorable framework for business growth and job creation, and accelerate strategic infrastructures for the region of Cartagena, such as the AVE, the Corridor Mediterranean, the ZAL, the water resources and the Port of El Gorguel ", among others.
As a whole, the total number of unemployed in the region of Cartagena in May 2019 stood at 26,149 people.
This means a decrease of 1,236 unemployed compared to the month of April, 4.5% less.
Unemployment decreased in May in the construction sector (-6.1%), among the unemployed without previous employment (-6.1%) and in the service sector (-5.1%).
Unemployment, however, increased in agriculture (+ 2.1%) and in industry (+ 0.1%).
By municipalities, the number of unemployed fell in all of the region of Cartagena.
The largest percentage falls in the number of unemployed in May occurred in San Pedro del Pinatar (-6.4%), La Unión (-5.4%), San Javier (-5.1%) and Fuente Álamo (- 4.6%).
As in the month of April, unemployment decreased in the region of Cartagena both among men and women and for all age groups.
Particularly noteworthy is the decrease in the number of unemployed under 25 years of age, with 12.0% fewer unemployed among men and 11.7% less among women.
DETAILED DATA
In turn, the decline in unemployment in the region of Cartagena in May compared to the previous month stood at 1.8% in seasonally adjusted terms, which reflects "the most marked fall in unemployment experienced in May 2019 compared to which is usual in the months of May ", according to the Monthly Report of the Labor Market of the Region of Cartagena.
By municipalities, the seasonally adjusted unemployment was reduced in all of the region.
The municipalities with the greatest percentage decreases in the seasonally adjusted number of unemployed were Fuente Álamo (-3.3%), San Pedro del Pinatar (-2.4%), La Unión (-2.0%) and Cartagena (-1, 9%).
INTERANUAL DATA
With respect to the same month of the previous year, May 2018, the number of registered unemployed in the region of Cartagena decreased by 1,822 people, representing a decrease of 6.5%.
This reduction is 0.9 percentage points (pp) higher than at the regional level and no less than 2.0 pp higher than the year-on-year fall in unemployment in the region in April 2019, which reinforces the previously mentioned idea of ​​a certain acceleration in reducing unemployment.
In year-on-year terms, unemployment decreased in May in almost all sectors, especially in agriculture (-10.6%), construction (-10.5%) and among the unemployed without previous employment (-9.5 %).
However, unemployment increased in interannual terms in the industrial sector (+ 5.2%).
By municipalities, and always in interannual terms, the number of unemployed decreased in all of the region, with the largest percentage reductions located in Fuente Álamo (-14.2%), in Los Alcázares (-11.6%), in Torre Pacheco (-8.5%), in La Unión (-7.8%) and in San Pedro del Pinatar (-6.6%).
By sex and age, unemployment in the region as a whole increased among women over 44 years (+ 0.4%), decreased among women in the rest of the age groups, especially among those under 25 (- 13.3%), and also fell among men, especially among those between the ages of 25 and 44 (-12.5%).
APPROXIMATE RATE OF REGISTERED UNEMPLOYMENT
The approximate rate of registered unemployment (TAPR) of the region with data from April 2019 decreased to 17.9%, 1 pp less than in March 2019 and in April 2018. By municipalities, the TAPR decreased with respect to March of 2019 in all of the region, especially in Los Alcázares, (-1.9 pp), San Pedro del Pinatar (-1.7 pp), La Unión (-1.6 pp), San Javier (-1 , 4 pp) and Mazarrón (-1.0 pp).
With respect to the same month of the previous year, April 2018, the TAPR was also reduced in all the municipalities of the region.
The Union continues to be the municipality that presented the highest TAPR in the region (35.5%), followed by Cartagena (20.7%) and San Pedro del Pinatar (19.7%).
The smallest TAPRs in the region were found in Fuente Álamo (8.8%) and Torre-Pacheco (10.3%).
The TAPR of the region of Cartagena in April was 3.4 pp higher than that of the Region of Murcia, which decreased six tenths to 14.5%.
SIGNED CONTRACTS
The total number of contracts signed in the region of Cartagena in May 2019 stood at 40,299 contracts (see table 6), which represents an increase of 11,243 contracts compared to the month of April (see table 7), 38.7% more (see table 8).
This increase in contracting is mainly supported by the agriculture sector (+ 50.1%), but the rest of the activity sectors also had high growth rates in contracting.
By municipalities, the number of contracts signed increased in almost all of the county.
The Union (+ 103.2%), Torre Pacheco (+ 56.4%), Cartagena (+ 53.3%) and San Pedro del Pinatar (+ 45.7%) presented the highest variation rates.
In almost all of them, the contribution of the agricultural sector to contracting is superlative, with the exception of San Pedro del Pinatar, where the number of contracts in the service sector increased more.
The municipality where the number of signed contracts fell in May was Fuente Álamo (-21.1%), where the construction sector was the only one that increased the hiring compared to April.
To put into context the variation in the number of contracts signed in the month of May in the region of Cartagena, the percentage increase observed in May 2019 (+ 38.7%) was higher than the increase in hiring experienced in May 2018 (+ 16.2%, see figure 5) as to the average increase in hiring in the months of May of the last ten years (+ 17.7%).
With respect to the same month of the previous year, May 2018, the number of contracts signed in the region of Cartagena in May 2019 amounted to 3,400 contracts (see table 9), 9.2% more (see table 10).
This increase is 4.7 pp higher than that experienced in the region as a whole.
In year-on-year terms, the number of contracts signed in the region increased in almost all sectors, especially in construction (+ 16.4%) and agriculture (+ 14.5%).
The only activity sector where contracting fell in May in interannual terms was industry (-3.4%).
By municipalities, and always in interannual terms, the number of contracts signed in May 2019 increased in most of the county.
The highest positive interannual rates of growth in hiring were located in La Unión (+ 47.8%), Cartagena (+ 13.8%) and Torre Pacheco (+ 13.8%).
The municipalities in which the contracting was reduced interannually in May were Fuente Álamo (-14.2%), Mazarrón (-6.2%) and San Javier (-5.7%).
Finally, regarding the modality of the new contracts, 95.6% of those signed in the region of Cartagena in May were temporary (see figure 6).
This supposes an increase in the temporality of 1.1 pp with respect to April of 2019, but a decrease in the same one of 0.4 pp with respect to the same month of the previous year, May of 2018.
The proportion of new temporary contracts over the total of new contracts signed in the region in May 2019 was 3.7 pp higher than that of the Region of Murcia as a whole, which stood at 91.9%.
Source: Agencias
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