MADRID, April 2 (Reuters) - The rise in Spanish jobless numbers in March is the highest monthly increase ever recorded, Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz said at a news conference on Thursday.
The number of jobless jumped 9.3% from the previous month bringing the total number of unemployed people to around 3.5 million. That total number was still below record highs of 2013.
Reporting by Inti Landauro; Writing by Nathan Allen; Editing by Belén Carreño and Andrei Khalip