Unemployment Decreases
in Brazil
BRASILIA - Unemployment in Brazil was placed
at 12.6 percent in January, the lowest rate
since 1998 when the statistical series began
to be compiled, according to a study of
Seade Foundation and the Inter Trade Union
Department of Statistics and Socio-Economic
Studies (DIEESE) published on Wednesday.
The survey that was carried out in six
Brazilian metropolitan regions specifies
that the unemployment rate was 13.1 percent
in January 2009 while in December 2009 it
had dropped to 12.5 percent.
It points out that the total of unemployed
people was of 2,528,000 in January, 4,000
less that in December 2009. This number
represents the loss of 139,000 jobs and that
143,000 people left the labor force.
The total amount of employed people in
January 2010 was 17,535,000 in an
economically active population of 20,063,000
inhabitants, the study indicates. |
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