News of unemployment

Unemployment in Argentina affected 7.6% in Q2

20-09-2024 09:41 Report by INDEC national statistics bureau shows joblessness stayed in line with 7.7% recorded in first quarter, but rate is up from 6.2% seen in second quarter of 2023.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Report: Argentina has lost 142,000 jobs since last October

31-08-2024 06:06 While some regions manage to stay afloat thanks to investment in key sectors, others are in a deep crisis due to the fall of consumption.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

10,000 firms closed, 265,000 registered jobs lost since November

26-08-2024 16:21 Larger firms with more than 500 workers suffered the most and were responsible for the majority of lay-offs, says CEPA report.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Social indicators cast doubt over Milei's 'catastrophe' averted claim

04-07-2024 13:09 President Javier Milei recently stated that the government’s social policy is “extremely good” and it had help prevent a “catastrophe.” Yet the government's own data and reports produced by private institutions indicate most social indicators have recorded a step backwards since he took office.

by Agustina Bordigoni

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC reports 5.1% Q1 slump in GDP, unemployment on rise

24-06-2024 20:58 Argentina's economy contracted by 5.1% in first quarter, says INDEC; Unemployment hit 7.7% as Milei government’s austerity measures began to kick in.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Latin America’s biggest economies see unemployment tick down

30-11-2023 13:42 Unemployment rates in Brazil and Mexico fell in October, as strong labour markets underpin the outperformance of Latin America’s largest economies.

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.