Brazil: Number of informal workers hits record
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the number of informal workers hit a record despite the...
August 2, 2022Topic
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Brazil: Working population is the highest since 2012
The quarter ended in June with an occupied population of 98 million people in Brazil. The estimate is from the...
August 1, 2022
Brazil: Unemployment rate drops to 9.3% in the 2nd quarter, says IBGE
The unemployment rate dropped to 9.3% in the 2nd quarter of 2022. Unemployment reaches 10.1 million people.
July 29, 2022
Unemployment in Brazil drops to 9.8%, the lowest in six years
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The unemployment rate fell to 9.8% in the quarter of March, April, and May this...
June 30, 2022
Unemployment in Brazil falls to 9.4% in April, lowest rate since October 2015 -IPEA
The unemployment rate in Brazil reached 9.4% in April this year, the lowest since October 2015, according to a study...
June 25, 2022
Brazil: 60% of informal workers rely on “odd jobs” to survive, says study
More than 19.6 million Brazilians survive with jobs known as "bicos" ("odd jobs"), about 60% of the 32.5 million informal...
June 23, 2022
Lack of skilled labor worsens, Brazil is 9th in ranking
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil is the ninth country with the most lack of qualified labor in 2022 among...
June 20, 2022
Mexican unicorn Kavak lays off 150 people in Brazil
Founded in 2016 and backed by Japan's SoftBank, Kavak became the first Mexican tech "unicorn" in October, when it reported...
June 9, 2022
Analysis: Unemployment in Brazil falls for 9th month in a row, strengthening Bolsonaro’s position
As reported a couple of days ago, Brazil's unemployment rate in the first months of 2022 fell to its lowest...
June 5, 2022