News of unemployment

Government confirms 20,000-peso bonus for unemployed

26-09-2023 15:53 Argentina's government has confirmed a one-off 20,000-peso bonus for around 1.5 million registered unemployed workers.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment rate drops to 6.2%, but experts sound pensions alarm

21-09-2023 13:48 Joblessness rate drops, yet four out of 10 wage-earners do not have pension contributions, warns INDEC.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Poverty in Argentina rises, hurting economy before election

30-03-2023 17:19 About 39.2% of Argentines were living in poverty in the second half of last year, up from the previous level of 36.5%, according to government data published Thursday.

EMPLOYMENT & JOBS

Eight million Argentines of working age are jobless, says report

16-02-2023 14:54 A private report prepared by Fundación Éforo underlines high number of people who neither have nor seek employment, despite being of age.

Bloomberg

Most of Argentina’s poor kids have at least one working parent

15-02-2023 23:20 In the first half of last year, 9 out of 10 children living in "monetary poverty" in Argentina came from households where at least one person had a job, according to a new UNICEF report.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Brazil's unemployment continues to fall to seven-year low

19-01-2023 12:57 Brazil's unemployment continued to fall in the three months from September to November 2022, hitting a new seven-year low of 8.1%, official figures published on Thursday showed.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economy stalled as inflation spiked in July

26-09-2022 17:30 Argentina’s economy plateaued in July as an inflation spike caused by political volatility paralysed some sectors.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment dropped to 6.9% in second quarter, says INDEC

22-09-2022 18:38 Unemployment fell to 6.9% in the second quarter from 9.6% in the same period last year, according to official data, in large part due to the coronavirus pandemic.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Economy grew 6% in the first quarter of 2022

23-06-2022 23:24 National statistics bureau reveals that unemployment remained stable in the first three months of the year, reaching 7%.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Unemployment dropped to 7% in fourth quarter of 2021

24-03-2022 15:54 National statistics bureau reports lowest joblessness rate since 2016 and highest employment rate in five years.

LATIN AMERICA: MIGRATION

Disillusioned and 'betrayed,' Brazilians flock abroad

03-03-2022 14:00 Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America but every year thousands of its citizens pack their bags and head for pastures new.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 8.2% in third quarter

21-12-2021 18:43 Year-on-year unemployment in Argentina fell by 3.5 percentage points in the third quarter of 2021 to 8.2 percent, according to official data.