Tag: Unemployment

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Superminister Massa says unemployment in Argentina is 6.7%

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa said Thursday during an event at the Council of the Americas that unemployment had fallen to 6.7%. He added that his country had an enormous amount of resources, but it was not rich, although it was full of rich people.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 19:58 UTC

  Chile reducing unemployment, albeit slowly

  

  Chile's National Institute of Statistics (INE) Wednesday released a report showing a 7.8% unemployment rate for the March/May 2022 quarter, a 0.1% turn for the worse when compared to the February-April period, although, overall, nearly 96% of the jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic have been recovered.

• Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Job creation on the rise, Brazilian report shows

  

  Brazil has recorded the creation of 277,018 new formal jobs in May this year, according to a Labor Ministry report released Tuesday.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Unemployment for skilled laborers finds new ground in Argentina

  

  The German magazine Der Spiegel published back in 1993 an issue with a drawing on its cover mentioning “Dr. Arbeitslos” (Dr. Unemployed) which reported on the dubious future of holders of post-graduate degrees in a labor market that seemed to have no need for them.

• Thursday, May 5th 2022 - 10:21 UTC

  Multi dimensional poverty conditions affect 25 million Argentines, 54,9% of the population

  

  Some 25 million Argentines, 54,9% of the whole population can be described as poor, following monetary criteria and simultaneously a multi-dimensional approach. This approach refers to such structural factors as housing, basic services, education, employment, and health attention.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 22:06 UTC

  Brazilian Labor Ministry announces employment on the rise in February

  

  Brazilian authorities Tuesday announced a surplus of 328,507 formal jobs during February of 2022, which was the second-best result for the month since 2010, according to the General Cadastre for Employed and Unemployed (Caged) released by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

• Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro's popularity coming around ahead of presidential elections

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro sees his chances of reelection in October improve after a drop in unemployment announced Friday helped him narrow the gap against the former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 21:55 UTC

  Unemployment in Chile almost back at 2019 levels

  

  Chilean authorities have reported Monday that unemployment nationwide had fallen in 2021 to 7.2% while in the same period of 2020 it had hit 10.3%. In the middle of the social uprisings of 2019 it had been recorded at 7.1%.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  ILO forecasts somber future LatAm, Caribbean and southeast Asia

  

  The International Labor Organization (ILO) Monday said the most encouraging signs of economic recovery were noticeable in North America and Europe, while the most negative prospects were registered in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Strong recovery of employment in most of Chile

  

  Unemployment in Chile is down to 7,5%, the lowest since January 2020, according to the country's stats office INAE. The 7,5% figure is the seventh consecutive mobile quarter, (September-November), which has seen a systematic reduction in unemployment plus a simultaneous standing recovery of lost jobs, some 74,6% of the two million wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic.