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Spanish unemployment rises to 16.3% amid pandemic

| October 27, 2020 3:12 AM

MADRID (AP) — Spain says 355,000 more people were left unemployed in the third quarter, bringing the total jobless rate up to 16.3% from 15.3% in the previous three-month period as surging infections and new virus restrictions hurt economic development.

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