{
  "id": 6124291,
  "title": "Spain pays 2,000 million euros a month in unemployment benefits, up 22% from four years ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/spain-pays-2-000-million-euros-a-month-in-unemployment-benefits-up-22",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-07T08:43:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Corner",
    "slug": "the-corner",
    "url": "https://thecorner.eu/news-spain/spain-economy/spain-pays-2000-million-euros-a-month-in-unemployment-benefits-up-22-from-four-years-ago/127447/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Corner Official figures indicate a drop in unemployment; however, rising wages—driven by higher contribution bases—the upward adjustment of maximum benefit ceilings set by law, and the impact of inactive discontinuous-fixed workers (fijos discontinuos) are driving up total expenditure on unemployment benefits. The cumulative bill between January and July—the latest available data—amounts to…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}