Brazil jobless rate falls to 7.8 pct in August
Reuters, Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 10:46
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Brazilian unemployment
fell to 7.8 percent in August from 8.02 percent in July,
according to figures published Wednesday by the National
Statistics Institute (IBGE).
The IBGE research measures the economically active
population in Brazil's six major metropolitan regions.
August's jobless rate was up compared to the same month in
1997, when the rate stood at 5.95 percent, the IBGE said.
The number of people working continued to grow in the
sectors of construction of public works and infrastructure and
services, while it followed a downward trend in manufacturing
and trade, it said.
The rate of unemployment by sector was 8.99 percent in
manufacturing, 9.47 percent in public works construction, 8.10
percent in trade, and 6.21 percent in services.
Copyright 1998, Reuters News Service |
