Rio de Janeiro \u2013 The unemployment rate in the country’s six largest metropolitan regions was 7.9% in 2008, as against 9.3% in 2007. The result is the lowest since 2002, when the historical series began. In December, the unemployment rate was 6.8%. There was a reduction of 0.8% in comparison with November (7.6%), and of 0.6% over the same period of the previous year (7.4%). The result recorded in December was also the lowest for the month ever since the beginning of the historical series.<\/p>\n
The number of unemployed persons in the month, 1.6 million, represents a reduction of 11% over November, and of 6.3% in comparison with December 2007. The figures are part of the Monthly Labour Survey, disclosed today (22) by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE).<\/p>\n
The survey also shows that the average income of workers, of 1,284.90 reals (US$ 545), increased 0.5% in comparison with the month of November, and 3.6% compared with the same period of the previous year.<\/p>\n
In December, the sectors that hired the most, compared with the same month in 2007, were education, health, social services, public administration, defence and social security (7.3%); services provided to companies, rents, real estate activities and financial intermediation (7.3%); and construction (6.5%).<\/p>\n
The Monthly Labour Survey is conducted in Recife, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, S\u00e3o Paulo and Porto Alegre.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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