Chile unemployment rate hits 8.9% in quarter through August
BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 09/30/24 08:07 AM EDTSANTIAGO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Chile's unemployment rate hit 8.9% in the quarter through August, government statistics agency INE said on Monday.
The figure was above both the 8.7% registered in the previous rolling quarter and the 8.8% expected by economists polled by Reuters. (Reporting by Fabian Andres Cambero and Natalia Siniawski; Editing by Gabriel Araujo)