Unemployment falls in 4th qtr as Argentina teeters on brink of recession

18 Feb, 2015

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 6.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 from 7.5 percent in the previous three-month period, the government said on Wednesday.

The fall in the jobless rate comes as Latin America's third-biggest economy teeters on the brink of recession. Unemployment data in Argentina shows the official number of people looking for a job who cannot find one.

Copyright Reuters, 2015

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