From December 2023 to February 2024, Chile’s unemployment rate increased to 8.5%, a slight increase from the previous year. The National Institute of Statistics (INE) released this data, pointing to a growing labor market challenge. The workforce expanded by 3.2%, just above the job growth rate of 3.1%. This small difference pushed the unemployment rate […]
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