Services, one of the sectors most severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, has shown sings of recovery and was the segment with the highest number of admissions in July.
In June 2021 alone, micro and small firms reported 871,197 admissions, against 654,801 layoffs—a positive balance of 216,396 jobs generated. This amount accounts for 70 percent of all jobs in the country.
The jobless population in the quarter ending in May this year reached 14.8 million—in other words, steady against the previous quarter, but up 16.4 percent if compared to the quarter ending in May last year (another 2.1 million unemployed).
The national stock of formal jobs reached 40,596,340, with a positive variation of 0.7 percent compared to April’s 40,315,674.
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