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Montevideo, April 23rd 2024 - 10:41 UTC

Tag: Unemployment

  • Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 19:09 UTC

    Unemployment drops in Brazil

    Unemployment went down in six Brazilian states and remained stable in the rest, IBGE's report showed

    According to the Quarterly Continuous National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) released Thursday by Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the unemployment rate in the third quarter of this year went down from 9.3% to 8.7% overall from the previous quarter, thanks to drops in six states: Paraná (-0.8 %), Minas Gerais (-0.9 %), Maranhão (-1.1%), Acre (-1.8%), Ceará (-1.8%) and Rondônia (-1.9%).

  • Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 19:30 UTC

    Over a quarter of a million new jobs created in Brazil

    In the medium term, “the average salary of Brazilians will increase,” Labor Minister José Carlos Oliveira said

    According to a report from Brazilian economic authorities released Wednesday, South America's largest country generated around 278,000 new formal jobs in September this year.

  • Friday, September 30th 2022 - 19:05 UTC

    Unemployment keeps falling in Brazil as elections loom over

    Growth is associated with a retraction in inflation, Beringuy explained

    Unemployment in South America's largest country has dropped to 8.9% in the quarter ending in August, following a 0.9 decrease that month, according to a study published Friday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

  • Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

    UK unemployment in Q2 at its lowest level since 1974: 3,6%

    UK employment rate estimated at 75.9%, 0.4 percentage points higher than the previous three-month period but 0.7 percentage points lower than before the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Reuters

    United Kingdom unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since 1974 in the three months to July, latest official figures show. The jobless rate fell to 3.6% over the period, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  • Friday, August 19th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

    Superminister Massa says unemployment in Argentina is 6.7%

    Macroeconomic stability derives from joint work between the State and private investors, Massa explained

    Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa said Thursday during an event at the Council of the Americas that unemployment had fallen to 6.7%. He added that his country had an enormous amount of resources, but it was not rich, although it was full of rich people.

  • Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 19:58 UTC

    Chile reducing unemployment, albeit slowly

    In Santiago's Metropolitan Region the unemployment rate for the quarter reached 8.3%, a decrease of 3.1 points over twelve months

    Chile's National Institute of Statistics (INE) Wednesday released a report showing a 7.8% unemployment rate for the March/May 2022 quarter, a 0.1% turn for the worse when compared to the February-April period, although, overall, nearly 96% of the jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic have been recovered.

  • Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

    Job creation on the rise, Brazilian report shows

    “This year alone, there are already about 1.5 million new jobs created,” Oliveira announced

    Brazil has recorded the creation of 277,018 new formal jobs in May this year, according to a Labor Ministry report released Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

    Unemployment for skilled laborers finds new ground in Argentina

    Despite an increasing need for technological expertise, job openings for skilled people in Argentina are shrinking while blue-collar opportunities are on the rise

    The German magazine Der Spiegel published back in 1993 an issue with a drawing on its cover mentioning “Dr. Arbeitslos” (Dr. Unemployed) which reported on the dubious future of holders of post-graduate degrees in a labor market that seemed to have no need for them.

  • Thursday, May 5th 2022 - 10:21 UTC

    Multi dimensional poverty conditions affect 25 million Argentines, 54,9% of the population

    The last report to be released refers to the first half of last year, with 44,6% of the Argentines in a multidimensional poverty situation, which represents 35,9% of households

    Some 25 million Argentines, 54,9% of the whole population can be described as poor, following monetary criteria and simultaneously a multi-dimensional approach. This approach refers to such structural factors as housing, basic services, education, employment, and health attention.

  • Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 22:06 UTC

    Brazilian Labor Ministry announces employment on the rise in February

    But companies will not continue hiring at last year's pace forever,” Dalcolmo said.

    Brazilian authorities Tuesday announced a surplus of 328,507 formal jobs during February of 2022, which was the second-best result for the month since 2010, according to the General Cadastre for Employed and Unemployed (Caged) released by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.