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by 49,260 people (­1.77 per cent) compared to the previous month.

Registered unemployment stood at 2,739,110 people, the lowest figure for the month of May since 2008.

This is a very positive decline in the context of quality recruitment and record highs in both affiliation and the labour force.

In year­on­year terms, un­ employment has fallen by 183,881 people, a hefty percentage drop of 6.29 per cent. Unemployment of young people under 25 fell in May by 7,208 people (­3.69 per cent) compared with the previous month, doubling the percentage rate of the general decrease. The total number of unemployed young people is the lowest in the historical series: 188,043 people.