Tag: Unemployment rate

• Saturday, October 6th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  US economy booming: unemployment at its lowest in 50 years, even when September was soft

  

  Jobs created in the United States during September fell to its lowest level in a year though the unemployment rate dropped to a point not seen in nearly 50 years, according to the Labor Department figures released Friday.

• Friday, August 31st 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Unemployment in Brazil falls slightly in July to 12.3%

  

  Brazil's unemployment rate dipped slightly in July, as expected, extending a slow and bumpy labor market recovery as pivotal presidential elections loom.

• Saturday, May 19th 2018 - 09:43 UTC

  Why the high unemployment rate in Brazil is going down

  

  The number of people living in Brazil in a state of helplessness has reached record levels and has actually contributed to the reduction of the unemployment rate over the past 12 months. As the first quarter of 2018 came to an end, 4.6 million people found themselves in a state of helplessness – an increase of 511 thousand people over the course of one year.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Brazil's unemployment stubbornly remains above 12%

  

  Despite official announcements that Brazil's recession was turning into a mild recovery, the unemployment rate rose to 12.6% in the quarter ended in February, reaching the highest level since mid-2017 and surpassing market expectations of a 12.5% rate, according to the national statistics office.

• Friday, July 4th 2014 - 06:34 UTC

  US unemployment down to 6.1% and the Dow Jones at 17.000 for first time

  

  US economy added 288,000 jobs in June, latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics have shown. The unemployment rate dropped to 6.1%, its lowest level since September 2008.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 21:45 UTC

  Latam and Caribbean weather global slowdown: unemployment forecasted to end this year at 6.3%

  

  Latin American and the Caribbean are forecasted to end 2013 with an urban unemployment rate of between 6.2% and 6.3%, slightly lower than 6.4% recorded in 2012, according to the latest estimates from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).