Brasília, Aug 27, 2026 (AFP) - Unemployment reaches new lows in Brazil ahead of polls

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2026-08-27

Brazil's unemployment rate extended its steady decline, official data showed Thursday, in welcome news for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he seeks re-election in October. Latin America's largest economy recorded an unemployment rate of 5.3 percent between May and July, the lowest for the quarter since the IBGE statistics agency adopted its current method of calculation in 2012. This is down from 5.6 percent during the same period last yea......

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