{
  "id": 2069605,
  "title": "Spain records a drop of more than 16,000 job vacancies in the second quarter, the largest since 2008",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/espana-registra-una-caida-de-mas-de-16-000-vacantes-de-empleo-en-el-2069605",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T03:45:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/economia/2026-08-20/espana-registra-una-caida-de-mas-de-16000-vacantes-de-empleo-en-el-segundo-trimestre-la-mayor-desde-2008.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Spain's labour market saw a record 159,800 job vacancies at the start of the year. However, this trend was broken in the second quarter, with 143,359 vacancies, according to Eurostat. This represents a decrease of 16,438 vacancies, or 10%, from the first quarter. It is the largest drop in the second quarter in almost twenty years.",
  "summary": "The 143,359 positions for which no workers are found represent a rate of unfilled positions of 0.8%, one tenth less than at the beginning of the year.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "El Pais Economia",
        "title": "Spain records a drop of over 16,000 job vacancies in the second quarter, the largest since 2008",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/espana-registra-una-caida-de-mas-de-16-000-vacantes-de-empleo-en-el",
        "published": "2026-08-20T03:45:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}