Tag: employment

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 19:20 UTC

  Brazil's industry reported to be growing steadily

  

  Brazil's industrial activity has been reported to have increased in August and has a bright future ahead, according to a survey from the National Industry Confederation (CNI).

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Employment grows in Uruguay after pandemic lull

  

  Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE) has published its latest measurement according to which the employment rate stood at 56.8% in July of 2022, one-tenth higher than the previous month.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Uruguay: IMF recommends addressing skill-mismatch between the labour force and new jobs

  

  Last week we published an IMF preliminary statement on the situation of the Uruguayan economy in which it praised the government's handling of the pandemic underlining Uruguay's solid institutions, well-functioning democracy and a high degree of social cohesion.

• Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Record unemployment in Brazil, 14,4% and underemployment, 30,3%

  

  The number of registered Brazilians out of work and the national unemployment rate rose to the highest on record, official figures showed on Friday, as the easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures encouraged people to look for work again.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Latam lost US$ 890 million in the second quarter and has laid off 30% of its pre-pandemic workforce

  

  LATAM Airlines, South America's largest carrier, on Tuesday said it had laid off 12,600 employees since March - or almost 30% of its pre-coronavirus workforce - due to the pandemic that has upended the global travel industry. The company also reported a net loss of US$ 890 million for the second quarter.

• Saturday, June 6th 2020 - 13:55 UTC

  US jobless rate falls to 13,3% in May, triggering optimism that the worst of the pandemic is easing

  

  The U.S. economy unexpectedly added jobs in May after suffering record losses in the prior month, offering the clearest signal yet that the downturn triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic was probably over, though the road to recovery could be long.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2020 - 22:02 UTC

  In post-pandemic, making the transport sector “green” could create 15 million new jobs, ILO

  

  Transforming the transport sector to be more environmentally-friendly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, could create up to 15 million new jobs worldwide and help countries move to greener, healthier economies, according to an UN-backed report published on Tuesday.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 18:23 UTC

  OECD report warns about the middle class “squeezed by the ultra rich”

  

  Middle-class families are seeing their incomes stagnating as they are squeezed by the ultra-rich taking a bigger slice, says an international report from the OECD economics think tank.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 17:40 UTC

  Brazilian economy still on the takeoff tarmac, lack of confidence blamed

  

  Brazil's economy is on an erratic path, according to economic activity data released for the third quarter of 2019. The economy shows no signs of a consistent recovery, and economic activity still depends on household consumption, trade, and the service sector.

• Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  US unemployment at a record 50-year low in September, but manufacturing fell sharply

  

  The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to near a 50-year low of 3.5per cent in September, with job growth increasing moderately, suggesting the slowing economy could avoid a recession for now despite trade tensions that are hammering manufacturing.