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Unemployment Rises and the Creation of New Jobs Slows Down in the November-January Quarter

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A bad news for the Chilean economy. The unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage points (pp.), from 8% to 8.3% per year, in the November 2025–January 2026 quarter, according to the information provided by the National Employment Survey (ENE), prepared by the National Institute of Statistics of Chile (INE). Thus, 37 months were completed in a row with an unemployment rate of 8% or more. The increase was due to the increase in the labour force 1.4…

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A bad news for the Chilean economy. The unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage points (pp.), from 8% to 8.3% per year, in the November 2025–January 2026 quarter, according to the information provided by the National Employment Survey (ENE), prepared by the National Institute of Statistics of Chile (INE). Thus, 37 months were completed in a row with an unemployment rate of 8% or more. The increase was due to the increase in the labour force 1.4…

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On Friday, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) reported that the unemployment rate in Chile during the quarter of November 2025-January 2026 was 8.3%. In the Metropolitan region, it reached 9.0%. The figure at the national level recorded an increase of 0.3 pp. in twelve months, as a result of the increase in the labour force (1.4%), higher than that presented by the employed (1.2%). In turn, the unemployed persons increased 4.8%, affected…

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The head of the UDI bench, Henry Leal, reacted harshly to the latest figures released by the National Institute of Statistics, INE, which put unemployment at 8.3% in the most recent quarter and consolidated a prolonged trend of weakening employment. “This will be remembered as the unemployment government. They received the country with a lower rate and today they leave it with persistently high levels, with a stagnant labour market and a million…

In Chile, the rate of unemployment in the mobile quarter ended in January 2026 stood at 8.3%, increasing three tenths compared to the figure immediately before and compared to 12 months.The value was above what was projected by the market (Bloomberg anticipated 8.1%), and its monthly increase was on historical averages.On the other hand, by discounting seasonal factors, the rate of unemployment increased from 8.5% to 8.6%.This month, those occup…

The unemployment rate in Chile during the November 2025–January 2026 quarter was 8.3%, according to the National Employment Survey (ENE) of the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The figure recorded an increase of 0.3 pp. in twelve months, as a result of the rise in the workforce (1.4%), higher than that presented by [...] The entry Unemployment rate was 8.3% in the November 2025–January 2026 quarter was first published in INFOGATE.

The INE reported that in 12 months the indicator recorded an increase of 0.3 percentage points due to an increase in the labour force

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CNN Chile broke the news in on Friday, February 27, 2026.
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