"In July 2018, the unemployment rate was 6.8%, almost identical to the previous month, and 0.3 percentage points lower than three months previously”, The INE said in its monthly employment and unemployment report.

The number of people in work in July was estimated to be 4,804,200, which was 0.1% (6,600) less than the month before and 0.3% (15,000) more than in April.