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Brazil’s employment rate grows for fourth consecutive month
BRASILIA, Aug. 24, 2019 (BSS/Xinhua) – The employment rate in Brazil went
up for the fourth consecutive month in July, with a 0.11 percent increase
compared to the previous month, the Ministry of Economy said on Friday.
According to the General Registry of Admitted and Laid-Off Workers, there
were 1,331,189 new hirings in July against 1,287,369 job losses, which
resulted in a positive balance of 43,820 new jobs.
The first seven months of the year also registered a positive balance, the
report said, with 461,411 new jobs created, a 2.93 percent increase compared
to the same period in 2018.
Seven out of eight economic sectors had a positive balance.
The sectors that generated the most jobs were civil construction, with
18,721 new hirings, services (8,948), trade (4,887), agriculture and
livestock (4,645).
Only the public administration sector had a negative balance, with 315 job
losses.
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