Unemployment: IBGE Discloses Quarterly Rate Until July - 27/08/2026
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The occupied population reached the record of 103.3 million people
Population looking for vacancies falls 8% in the quarter and reaches 5.8 million, says IBGE
Forbes, the world's most well-conceived business and economic magazine. Rate dropped 0.5 percentage point compared to the quarter ended in April, while the number of employed reached 103.3 million and formal employment reached record The post Unemployment falls to 5.3% and takes the labor market to the lowest level of the series for July appeared first in Forbes Brazil.
The Brazilian labor market showed robust improvement in the quarter ended in July 2026, with the unemployment rate reaching 5.3%. The indicator recorded a decrease of 0.5 percentage point (p.p.) compared to the previous period (February to April 2026), when it was 5.8%. This reduction is also significant in the annual comparison, [...]
The unemployment rate in Brazil fell to 5.3% in the quarter ended in July, according to data released this Thursday (27) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The result is the lowest for a quarter closed in July since the beginning of the historical series, in 2012. Compared to the quarter ended in April, the rate fell by 0.5 percentage point. The number of unemployed persons also decreased. There were 5.8 million peopl…
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