Brazil unemployment up for eighth month running; double December's rate

Sunday, September 27th 2015 - 09:27 UTC

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Brazil's unemployment rate rose for an eighth straight month in August to the highest in over five years, although the increase was slightly smaller than markets expected. The non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose in August to 7.6%, from 7.5% in July, statistics agency IBGE said. Read full article

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ilsen
Have they included Brasso and his gang yet?
Sep 27th, 2015 - 12:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
Certainly not. I'll always be a great optimist about my Brazil.
Sep 28th, 2015 - 09:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
have you got a job yet?
Sep 28th, 2015 - 01:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
hahaha. For now!
Sep 28th, 2015 - 02:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
@4 brASSHOLE
and when you lose it because of Dilma's (and the PT's) unbelievable incompetence, will you still be laughing ?
Sep 28th, 2015 - 05:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
The PT claim to be the workers party or some such guff.

How do they explain this. Ah, it's the westerner's fault!

LOLs
Sep 28th, 2015 - 07:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
@2 brASSHOLE
Nowadays in Brazil, given the current situation, the synonym for “great optimist” is either 'ignorant', or 'stupid'....or both.
Sep 29th, 2015 - 07:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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