Tag: unemployment rate

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The unemployment rate in Brazil continues to rise and the country now has 14.2 million unemployed in the quarter ended in March. This is 14.9 percent higher than the...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In 2015, the unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean increased for the first time in five years and Brazil is seen as one of the main countries responsible...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Determined to push through much needed fiscal adjustments to boost Brazil’s ailing economy, President Dilma Rousseff sanctioned on Wednesday (June 17th) a law which will limit unemployment benefits. With unemployment...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - The unemployment rate in Brazil during the third quarter of the year remained stable at 6.8 percent, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Statistical Institute) through its quarterly National Household Survey...