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Friday 02 August 2013 3:06 am

Poor Spanish unemployment data an embarrassment for prime minister Rajoy

By: Peter Spence

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Spanish unemployment has fallen by just 64,900 in July, falling short of analyst forecasts of an 80,000 drop. Last month unemployment fell by 127,200.

This could be embarassing for prime minister Mariano Rajoy, who yesterday said he expected a big improvement in unemployment data.

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