The Weak Performance of the Labor Market in the First Months of the Year

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  • Marcela Perticará Facultad de Economía y Negocios , Alberto Hurtado University image/svg+xml
    • Mauricio Tejada Facultad de Economía y Negocios , Alberto Hurtado University image/svg+xml

      DOI:

      https://doi.org/10.11565/oe.vi97.161

      Keywords:

      Labor market, Economic growth, Unemployment rate

      Abstract

      In recent months, expectations of low growth for the Chilean economy have materialized. Average annual growth according to the Imacec (monthly index of economic activity) stands at 2.2% through August of this year. This progressive weakness has even led the Central Bank of Chile to cut its growth forecast for the economy on several occasions; in the latest Monetary Policy Report (IPoM), that forecast was set in a range of 2–2.5% for this year and 2.5–3.5% for 2016. Continue reading...

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      2015-09-01

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      The Weak Performance of the Labor Market in the First Months of the Year. (2015). Observatorio Económico, 97, 2-3. https://doi.org/10.11565/oe.vi97.161

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