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| The total number of unemployed in the Cartagena Region in September 2020 was 33,653 people, which represents an increase of 913 unemployed compared to August, 2.8% more compared to the regional decrease (-0.57%) and national (-0.69%) | The total number of unemployed in the Cartagena Region in September 2020 stood at 33,653 people, which represents an increase of 913 unemployed compared to August, 2.8% more.
By sectors, unemployment in September increased in agriculture especially (+ 5.6%) and also in services and in the group without previous employment, while it decreased in industry (-1.2%) and construction (-2.5% ). By municipalities, the number of unemployed increased in most of those in the Region, except in Fuente Álamo, where it fell by 1.5%.
The largest percentage increases in the number of unemployed in September were found in Loa Alcázares (+ 10.1%), San Pedro del Pinatar (+ 7.1%), and San Javier (+ 4.2%).
In Cartagena there was an increase of 1.7% in the ranks of unemployment. The increase in registered unemployment during the month of September 2020 in the Region (+ 2.8%) was not as marked as that experienced in September 2019 (+ 4.8%), nor did it exceed the average increase in unemployment in the months of September of the last 10 years (+ 4.2% for the period 2010-2019).
In other words, September is a month in which unemployment traditionally rises in the Region as a result of the end of the summer season.
However, the circumstances of this September are completely different from the rest of the years due to the effects of the pandemic and, therefore, not comparable. INTER-ANNUAL DATA The medium-term trend of unemployment in the Cartagena Region continues to show the deterioration that began in March 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.
The number of registered unemployed in the Cartagena Region increased in September by 7,318 people compared to the same month of the previous year, September 2019, representing an increase of 27.8%.
With respect to September 2019, Unemployment rose in September 2020 in all productive sectors, especially in agriculture (+ 45.2%) and among the unemployed without previous employment (+ 30.1%), with increases in the rest of the sectors above 23%. By municipalities, and always in interannual terms, the number of unemployed rose in all of the Region, especially in Los Alcázares (+ 43.6%), Torre-Pacheco (+ 36.4%) and Fuente Álamo (+34 , 7%).
In the city of Cartagena it increased by 25.6%. COEC expresses its concern about the medium-term trend of unemployment in the Campo de Cartagena region, which continues to show the deterioration that began in March 2020 with the start of the COVID-19 crisis.
and badly punished by a non-existent summer season. The president of COEC has expressed her uneasiness about this situation of the labor market in our region, still weighed down by the health crisis and heavily punished by an almost non-existent summer season for tourism and commerce. "We are very concerned that the number of unemployed in the Campo de Cartagena region continues to increase, in view of the decreases both at the regional and national levels.
The increases in the number of unemployed in agriculture and services are not being offset by the slight decrease in unemployed in industry and construction.
Our region continues to suffer the effects of Covid-19 after the worst summer season in many years, "Correa said. "The tightening of restrictive measures to fight against the outbreaks of COVID-19 and the lack of consumer confidence in the current health and labor context contributed to the rise in unemployment in the Region, although this negative effect seems to be subsiding according to the data However, we must be very cautious in the face of the evolution that the pandemic may experience in the coming months and its influence on the economy of the region, "said the president of COEC. For this reason, we demand that VAT be reduced to 4% for the entire tourism and hotel sector, that the lack of ICOs be lengthened for one more year and that the extension of the ERTE be approved until at least December 2021. OUTSTANDING DATA In seasonally adjusted terms, the number of registered unemployed in the Region decreased by 333 people in September 2020 compared to August 2020, representing a decrease of 1.0%.
This data would seem to indicate that the negative effect that the coronavirus health crisis is beginning to have, in a very slight way, on the economy of the Region. By municipalities, seasonally adjusted unemployment rose in September in Los Alcázares (+3.6), Torre-Pacheco (+0.8) and San Pedro del Pinatar (+0.1).
On the contrary, it fell especially in La Unión (-4.0%), San Javier (-3.2%), Mazarrón (-2.7%) and Cartagena (-0.8%).
Seasonally adjusted unemployment in the Region of Murcia as a whole fell 0.9% in September. SIGNED CONTRACTS The total number of employment contracts signed in the Cartagena Region in September 2020 was 19,120 contracts, which means 6,281 contracts signed more than in the month of August, 48.9% more.
The number of contracts signed increased in all productive sectors, especially in industry (+ 104.1%) and in agriculture (+ 66.6%). By municipalities, the number of contracts signed in September grew in all of the Region.
The largest percentage increases in the number of signed contracts were found in La Unión (+ 137.6%), Fuente Álamo (+ 107.7%), and Cartagena (+ 59.3%). To put into context the variation in the number of contracts signed in the month of September in the Cartagena Region, the increase observed in September 2020 was more marked than that experienced in September 2019 (+ 29.3%) and the increase average hiring in the months of September of the last ten years (+ 19.7%).
In other words, the monthly growth in the number of contracts signed in the Region in September 2020 exceeded the usual in September. With respect to the same month of the previous year, September 2019, the number of contracts signed in the Cartagena Region in September 2020 was reduced by 2,516 contracts, 11.6% less.
In year-on-year terms, the number of contracts signed in the Region in September decreased in all productive sectors, especially in industry (-31.1%) and in services (-22.2%).
The interannual hiring fell in the Murcia Region as a whole by 14.8%, 3.2 pp more than in the Cartagena Region. By municipalities, and always in inter-annual terms, the number of contracts signed in September 2020 increased in Fuente Álamo (+ 35.2%), Mazarrón (+ 4.2%) and San Javier (+ 3.2%), and it decreased in the rest, especially in La Unión (-34.6%), San Pedro del Pinatar (-38.6%) and Cartagena (-17.5%). Conclusion. The number of unemployed in the Cartagena Region in September 2020 stood at 33,653 people, 2.8% more than in August 2020 and 27.8% more than in the same month of the previous year, September 2019.
In terms seasonally adjusted, unemployment decreased in the region in September 2020 by 1.0%.
The tightening of restrictive measures to fight against the outbreaks of COVID-19 and the lack of consumer confidence in the current health and labor context contributed to the rise in unemployment in the Region, although this negative effect seems to be subsiding. El número de contratos de trabajo firmados en la Comarca de Cartagena en septiembre de 2020 fue de 19.120 contratos, 48,9% más que en agosto de 2020 y 29,3% más que en el mismo mes del año anterior, septiembre de 2019.
De los contratos firmados en septiembre de 2020 en la Comarca, el 92,3% fueron temporales.
Source: COEC
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