The unemployment rate in Chile has recorded its eighth consecutive yearly increase, growing by 0.7% over the last year, though it remained steady at 8.5% for the April-June 2023 period, as reported by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The INE attributes this trend to the growth of the labor force (3%) outpacing that of employed […]
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