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Unemployment: Coronavirus kills more jobs than past recessions
One day after the Economy Ministry released data on formal jobs, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics published new unemployment figures — including workers on the informal job market, a large chunk of the Brazilian workforce. The rate of Brazilians without a job has gone from 11.2 to 12.6 percent between January and April. According to Itaú Unibanco, Brazil’s biggest private bank, the unemployment rate would be around...
