Sharp fall in unemployment reported in Brazil

Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

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A report released Tuesday by Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) showed a significant drop in the unemployment rate in the quarter ending in July, which stood at 5.6%, the lowest since records began in 2012. In the previous rolling quarter, the rate was 5.8%. Read full article

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no time for you
When anyone's grocery list increased 30% over last 2 years while “official” inflation indexes show different, no one can trust any official figures or reports from this government....
Sep 17th, 2025 - 11:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
Your problem is very easy to solve: leave my country and never even think about it again. Brazil is too big to waste time on your insignificance.

Take advantage and use your visa to clean the end of your large intestine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLPzhncXPJk
Sep 17th, 2025 - 09:57 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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FortHay
I hope the statistics are true, especially in the chronically underemployed Northeast. On the other hand, due to handsome government subsistence, finding willing and able labor is actually quite difficult at any price. The same phenomenon is present in the US
Sep 19th, 2025 - 05:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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