Markets Fall Amid Spanish Economic Woes
Unemployment remains at its highest rate since the 1970s
European stock markets have fallen amid concerns about Spain and as trade unions hold a general strike in Greece.
Spain's Ibex index was down 3.5%, while markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt were down about 2%.
The Bank of Spain said in a report that the Spanish economy had continued to shrink at a "significant rate" in the third quarter of the year.
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