End of preview - This article contains approximately 113 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
LatinNews Daily - 22 October 2020
In brief: Employment continues to recover in Mexico
* Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has published new figures which show that the national unemployment rate fell to 5.1% in September, down from 5.2% in August, as 621,000 people returned to work. According to the Inegi figures, of the 12m people that left the economically active population (PEA) in April following the onset of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, 8.4m were reincorporated by September. Likewise, the number of people employed but absent fell to 1.5m in September, from 2.6m in August, after having peaked at 9.5m in April. Inegi also reported that employment in the informal sector rose to 28.1m, 245,000 more than in August.
- COLOMBIA: Peaceful protests pile pressure on Duque
- In brief: Bolivia revises economic predictions
- BRAZIL: Bolsonaro performs U-turn over Chinese vaccine
- In brief: Brazil’s Pernambuco announces major telecoms infrastructure project
- EL SALVADOR: IAPA reiterates press freedom concerns
- In brief: Moody’s warns of pandemic impact on Panama Canal
- MEXICO: Security minister quits to run for governor
- In brief: Employment continues to recover in Mexico
- ARGENTINA: Gov’t admits Covid-19 data is flawed
- In brief: Paraguay’s airports reopen for general aviation