In December 2008, unemployment rate was 6.8%
- Brazil
- 01/23/2009
The unemployment rate has reached its lowest figure in the historical series which started in March 2002, falling by 0.8 percentage points in relation to last November (7.6%) and 0.6 percentage points compared to December 2007 (7.4%).
The employed population (1.6 million) fell by 11.0% in relation to November and by 6.35 in the annual comparison.
The employed population (22.1 million) was stable in relation to November, but increased 3.4% in relation to December 2007. The number of workers with a formal contract (10 million) did not change significantly in the month, but increased 7.2% in relation to December 2007. The average real income usually earned (R$ 1,284.90) increased 0.5% in the month and 3.6% compared to December 2007. In Belo Horizonte the increase, in the year, was 12.7%.
