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Continuous PNAD

Unemployment rises again: 13.1 million persons are looking for a job

Section: Social Statistics | Adriana Saraiva | Design: Marcelo Barroso

March 29, 2018 09h00 AM | Last Updated: June 05, 2018 10h55 AM

The unemployment rate rose, once more, in the quarter December 2017-February 2018, and amounted to 12.6%, according to the Continuous Household Sample Survey (PNAD-C), released today by the IBGE. In the quarter ended November, the rate was 12.0%.

In absolute figures, that result means 550 thousand persons more looking for a job since the preceding quarter, and a total 13.1 million unemployed persons. According to Cimar Azeredo, head of the Labor and Income Department, at this time of year increase of the rate is usually expected.  "The rate tends to rise in the first quarter because that period marks the dismissal of temporary employees hired in the end of the previous year".

Employed population falls 0.9%

The survey showed decreased of the employed population in this period, meaning 407 thousand jobs in the private sector without a formal employment contract and 358 thousand in the public sector.  Workers with a formal contract, 33.1 million ones, however, recorded its worst result in absolute figures in the time series that started in 2012. The categories employer and self-employed workers also remained stable.

The reduction of job pots was also observed in the group that gathers the activities of Public administration, defense, security, education, health and social services (435 thousand employed persons); Construction (277 thousand) and Industry (244 thousand).

In spite of the increase, the unemployment rate released today (12.6%) reflects improvement in the job market against the same quarter a year ago, when the rate was 13.2%, with 13.5 million unemployed persons, the worst result for this quarter in the time series.



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