Colombia’s unemployment rate may rise to double digits again, said a former director of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) on Tuesday. The DANE will release its monthly report for January on Wednesday and the former director Cesar Caballero warned that the news is not likely to be good. Unemployment fell to the single … Continue reading
Argentina’s unemployment rate fell to 6.7% in the fourth quarter as a fast-growing economy continued to add jobs, according to government data. The figure represents a sharp decline from the 7.2% unemployment rate reported in the third quarter, and 7.3% in the fourth quarter of 2010, national statistics agency Indec said in a statement Wednesday. … Continue reading
The structure of the economy – as represented by the relative sizes of the various industry sectors – is always changing. Normally the rate of change is so slow we don’t notice it. At present, however, the pace of change is much quicker than usual. These pressures are coming from outside Australia. Many are the … Continue reading