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Registered unemployment in Spain in the month of September 2012 reached 4,705,279 people, which is 1.72 percent more than the previous month.

In the Region of Murcia, unemployment for the month of September 2012 reached 149,569 people, representing 0.98 percent and the municipality of Cartagena, reaches 21,975 people, representing 1.91 percent increase over the previous August.

Although the data are bad, as unemployment grows, Councillor for Employment, Diego Ortega, believes there is evidence to suggest a turnaround.

Remember that we had five months of continuous decline in unemployment, while in 2011 they were only four months of decline.

It also notes that the rate of job losses is slowing considerably, as in August 2011, unemployment rose in Cartagena and 1.93 percent in August 2012 fell 0.10 percent and in September 2011 grew by 4.23 percent and in September 2012 grew 1.91 percent, which is more than two percentage points reduction in growth.

Councilman Jobs reiterates that much remains to be done, as there are too many people unemployed and living very difficult situations but stressed that, so far this year we can see a trend in unemployment Cartagena different and more positive that at the national and regional levels.

Unemployment accumulated in Cartagena in September remains below the figures for January and June, the beginning of the summer season, while regional and national figures have been placed in September over the two references.

From January to September 2011, unemployment in Cartagena grew 2.86 percent in the same period of 2012, unemployment in Cartagena fell 1.21 percent.

Since January, unemployment in the region has grown 1.59 percent and the national rose 2.3 percent.

For the council, the comparison of the first nine months of 2011 and 2012 reveal a difference of more than four percentage points, going along with a loss of jobs in 2011, with a slight build in 2012, so we can say that the measures taken by the Central Government are taking effect and are generating a turnaround.

A change needed to move from job destruction to job generation.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena