Tag: unemployment rate
Central Bank forecasts inflation below 2% in the next two years
QCOSTARICA - Costa Rica's Central Bank forecasts continue to show that in 2021 and 2022 inflation would remain below the lower limit of the target range of between 2% and 4%.
This situation, says the Central Bank, gives room to continue with an expansive and...
Costa Rica Unemployment Rate Goes Up to 11.9%
From April to June of this year, the unemployment rate in Costa Rica stood at 11.9% - 296,000 people looking for work -Â higher than the 11.3% reported in the first quarter of 2019.
Costa Rica Unemployment Rises to 10.3%
The unemployed population with respect to the labor force increased 1.2%, going from 9.1% in the first quarter of 2017, to 10.3% in the first quarter of 2018.
The employment rate was 51.8%, while in the same period last year it was 54%.
The...
No Change in Unemployment in Costa Rica
The working-age population has increased, offsetting an increase in the employed population, with the national employment rate remaining at 54% and the unemployment rate at 9.1%.
From a statement issued by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC)
The National Institute of Statistics and Census...
