Chile’s National Statistics Institute (INE) announced on Tuesday that the unemployment rate rose to 8.9%. This rate is up by 0.9 percentage points compared to the same period last year. Importantly, this marks the eleventh straight monthly increase. INE clarified the situation. The labor force grew by 3%, but only 2% of these people found […]
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