The rate fell compared to the first quarter of the year, which registered 8,8%, reported the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The index fell even further compared to the April-June period last year, when it was 9,3%.
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With 8,6 million unemployed in the country, the second quarter index is the lowest for these months since 2014, when it was 6,9%.
The drop in unemployment “points to a recovery of the seasonal pattern of this indicator”, said Adriana Beringuy, coordinator of the IBGE survey, cited in a note.
The analyst highlighted the increase in workers in public administration, defense, social security, education, health and social services during the last quarter and this year.
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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assumed a third term in January -after two consecutive presidencies between 2003 and 2010- with the challenge of increasing jobs and overcoming a long period of high inflation (which continued to fall in June and reached 3,16, 12%, in XNUMX months), amid expectations of weak economic growth.
Lula attributes the difficulties in the job market to the high level of interest rates (13,75%) from the Central Bank, due to its slowing effect on the economy, the largest in Latin America.
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