The unemployment rate closed July at 5,6%.
The rate is higher than the 5,4% recorded in July 2012, but lower than the 6% recorded in June of this year; data was released by IBGE.
Vitor Abdala
Reporter from Agência Brasil
Rio de Janeiro - The unemployment rate closed July at 5,6%. The rate is higher than the 5,4% of July 2012, but lower than the 6% of June this year. The data was released today (22) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in the Monthly Employment Survey (PME).
The number of unemployed people stood at 1,4 million in July, remaining stable compared to June of this year and July 2012. The employed population reached 23,1 million, remaining stable compared to June and 1,5% higher than July of last year.
The number of workers with formal employment contracts in the private sector reached 11,6 million, stable compared to June and 3,5% higher than in July 2012. The current real income was R$ 1.848,40, which is 0,9% lower than in June (which was R$ 1.864,39), but 1,5% higher than in July (R$ 1.821,04).
The Monthly Employment Survey (PME) is conducted in the metropolitan regions of Recife, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Porto Alegre.