News of unemployment

Economic Crisis

Unemployment reached 9.7% in third quarter of 2019

19-12-2019 15:04 Racked by economic crisis, Argentina's joblessness rate has actually shown slight improvement.

Transition 2019

Economic crisis looms large as Alberto Fernández assumes office

09-12-2019 17:37 Against a backdrop of near-economic disaster, president-elect's biggest challenges will be leading the country out of recession – and navigating his coalition government.

Transition 2019

Fernández lines up Marco Lavagna to head INDEC statistics bureau

27-11-2019 17:02 Lawmaker and son of the former economy minister Roberto Lavagna will lead the national statistics bureau, president-elect confirms.

NATIONAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Government pushes bill to protect INDEC bureau from 'political pressures'

22-11-2019 10:48 Bill sent to Congress would turn bureau into independent and autonomous unit, amid fears Kirchnerite figures may intervene in institution after December 10.

REGIONAL UNREST SPREADS?

Colombians fill streets hoping to channel wave of discontent

22-11-2019 10:08 Colombians angry with conservative President Iván Duque and hoping to channel Latin America’s wave of discontent took the streets by the tens of thousands Thursday in one of the biggest protests in the nation’s recent history.

Health and Wellness

Studying, meditation, therapy? Finding a way through Argentina's crisis

15-10-2019 18:02 With presidential elections looming and an the economic downturn dragging on, many are finding their own ways of coping with mental stress.

UNEMPLOYMENT

Bakery in Misiones receives thousands of applicants after job posting

11-10-2019 20:14 Unemployment and underemployment crisis reveals itself at small bakery in Posadas, where a search for 15 workers resulted in a line of applicants stretching almost a kilometre long.

Election 2019

Kicillof: 'There are people selling drugs because they have lost their jobs'

07-10-2019 13:50 "From going to the neighborhoods I heard news that due to the drop in employment, there are people who selling drugs," says Kicillof, prompting criticism from Patricia Bullrich and Cristian Ritondo.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Unemployment rose to 10.6% in second quarter

19-09-2019 19:05 Around 2.5 million people now out of work. INDEC also reveals economic activity recorded a slight recovery of 0.6% in the second quarter.

JOBLESSNESS

As crisis bites, Argentina’s young adults again face risk of jobless future

07-09-2019 00:37 More than 20% of Argentines aged under 30 are unemployed and the situation looks set to worsen in the coming months, with joblessness disproportionately affecting women.

by Lucas Robinson

ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS

Lay-offs: the painful price of an economic downturn

03-11-2018 07:50 Unemployment rose to almost 10 percent in the second quarter of 2018, up almost two percent from the end of 2017.

Lowest in 2 years

Unemployment drops 1.1% to end 2017 at 7.2 percent

21-03-2018 10:29 The INDEC’s latest Permanent Home Survey (EPH) suggests that around three million people in the country face serious job-related problems.

MOTORS OF ‘INVISIBLE GROWTH’

The sectors behind Macri’s economic hopes

10-03-2018 08:34 Lithium, renewable energy, low-cost tourism and the Vaca Muerta shale gas deposit could eventually account for nine percent of GDP, but with an uneven effect on employment.

by Juan Pablo Álvarez