Brazil recently reported a drop in its unemployment rate to 7.5% for the quarter ending in November. The Brazilian stats agency IBGE shared these findings. They are from the Continuous National Household Sample Survey. The full report is available online. This quarter is the third in a row where joblessness has fallen. The rate decreased […]
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