Tag: Brazil unemployment

• Saturday, October 31st 2015 - 06:42 UTC

  Unemployment in recession-hit Brazil climbing: 8.8 million looking for jobs

  

  Unemployment in recession deep Brazil climbed to 8.7% of active population in the quarter ending last August, the government said Thursday. The indicator shows a steep hike from the 6.9% recorded in August 2014, according to statistics of the National Study of Households (PNAD), published by the state Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

• Sunday, September 27th 2015 - 09:27 UTC

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

  

  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.

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 04:35 UTC

  Brazil unemployment climbs to 8.3% in 2Q; auto industry starting layoffs

  

  Brazil’s unemployment rate rose to 8.3% in the second quarter, according to a release from the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics, IBGE. The ranks of the jobless expanded to 8.4 million people during the April-June period.

• Friday, August 21st 2015 - 06:57 UTC

  Brazil's July unemployment up for a seventh straight month

  

  Brazil's unemployment rate rose for a seventh straight month in July to the highest in over five years, government data showed on Thursday. The non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose in July to 7.5% from 6.9% in June, statistics agency IBGE said.

• Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:16 UTC

  Brazil heading for full recession: economic activity down, unemployment up

  

  Economic activity in Brazil tumbled in the first quarter and unemployment climbed to a near four-year high, adding to signals that a looming recession could worsen as President Dilma Rousseff reins in public spending.

• Saturday, September 27th 2014 - 09:08 UTC

  Relief for Dilma: unemployment rate in August remained at 5%

  

  Brazil's jobless rate rose in August to its highest in six months despite stronger job creation, adding to signs that the economic recession is eroding a robust labor market. The non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate stood at 5.0 percent in August, up from 4.9% in July, statistics agency IBGE announced.

• Friday, December 20th 2013 - 06:17 UTC

  Despite sluggish economy, Brazil unemployment at record low 2.6% in November

  

  Unemployment in Brazil's six-largest cities was 4.6% in November compared with 5.2% in October, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, said on Thursday. That was the lowest monthly reading since December 2012, when unemployment was also at 4.6%.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2012 - 21:09 UTC

  Brazilian labour market robust with unemployment 5.3% in October

  

  Brazil's unemployment rate fell in October, suggesting the country’s robust labour market will continue to support domestic demand through an incipient economic recovery.