With an unemployment rate of 25.3% – and youth unemployment running at 53.9% – the situation appears grim. Making matters worse, despite considerable gains in the last quarter of 2013, employment growth is far too weak to make a significant dent in joblessness.
而对西班牙经济复苏的最严重威胁来自于劳动力市场。面对25.5%的失业率——以及高达53.9%的年轻人失业率——形势显得相当严峻。令事态更加恶化的是，尽管2013年第二季度就业率有所上升，但就业增长依然远远无法为无业者提供足够保障。