Agência Brasil*
Brasília – Civil construction was the sector of the Brazilian economy that recorded the highest increase in job positions, in February, in comparison with the same period last year. The expansion rate was almost 400%.
In February 2007, 5,522 new positions were created in the sector, whereas in February 2008, the volume grew to 27,574. The data were culled from the General Records Office for Employment and Unemployment (Caged), which was disclosed yesterday (18) by the Brazilian Ministry of Labour.
The previous record for the sector was established in 2006, when 14,993 positions were created. "Despite the previous records, it [civil construction] posted the best result ever, virtually twice as much as 2006," stated the minister of Labour, Carlos Lupi.
Compared with February 2007, all of the productive sectors posted growth. In absolute terms, the sector that created the highest number of new jobs was services. Of the 204,963 job positions created last month, 74,441 were in services. "The expansion [in number of job positions in the services sector] is mostly due to the return to schools," he explained. The education sector single-handedly created 31,489 new positions.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
