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June 9, 2022
Uruguay | Mercado Laboral: qué podemos esperar (y hacer) una vez que pase el coronavirus
En marzo el desempleo en Uruguay alcanzó 10,1%, reflejando el efecto de las medidas implementadas para contener el brote de coronavirus, en un mercado laboral con pobre desempeño. Esperamos que la tasa de desocupación suba hasta 14,2% en este trimestre. ¿Cuáles son los desafíos para el mercado de trabajo pasada la pandemia?
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December 1, 2021
Spain | Digital skills: what are they and who has them?
The percentage of the population that has at least basic digital skills is lower in Spain than in the EMU as a whole and fell between 2015 and 2019. Although it rose in 2020 to 60% (65% of Internet users), it is far of the 80% target established in the 2025 Digital Agenda.
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May 21, 2020
Mexico | Scenarios of the effects on poverty due to the Covid-19 crisis
The estimates made by ECLAC, Coneval and BBVA Research are presented on the effect that the current crisis by Covid-19 can have on the increase in poverty and extreme poverty levels in Mexico in 2020.
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May 13, 2020
Mexico | Formal employment collapses in April, two years of job creation lost
Measures to support employment considering the paralysis and economic slowdown have been insufficient to halt the destruction of formal jobs, resulting in an unprecedented contraction in the formal employment. There is a high risk that job destruction became structural as more companies close permanently.
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May 12, 2020
Colombia | Effects of COVID-19 on March employment
An unprecedented monthly fall in employment of 7% or 1.6 million people was observed in March. The sectors that contributed the most to the fall in employment were retail and entertainment-related activities. Most of the jobs lost were of employees in private companies
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May 8, 2020
U.S. | Pandemic wipes out decade of job gains
With 30M people filing for unemployment insurance since March 21st, the precipitous drop in nonfarm payrolls of 20.5M was not a surprise. However, the drop in employment over the past two months has all but erased the job gains since February 2011.
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May 4, 2020
Peru | Initial indicators show strong deterioration of the labor market in March
Containment measures to slow down the spread of COVID-19 are having a negative impact on employment, job quality and wage incomes. The recovery in employment will be very gradual given a fragile expected recovery in economic activity
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April 22, 2020
Mexico | We estimate a GDP contraction of between 6.0% and 12.0%
Uncertainty persists regarding the duration and real impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico, the economic effects will depend mainly on the contagion and its duration, the economic policy response and the timing and force of the recovery in the US.
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April 10, 2020
Fed takes further action to contain economic fallout
The challenges faced by COVID-19 the Fed announced additional $750bn in loan support.With this additional action, the Fed has committed to providing $2.3Tn in loan to support the economy.Given the historic rise in unemployment claims it's not surprising that the Fed has taken further actions to contain the economic fallout.
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