Chile unemployment rate hits 8.9% in quarter through August

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 09/30/24 08:07 AM EDT

SANTIAGO, 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)

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