Brazil's jobless rate hits new record high
Brazil's unemployment rate hit a new record high of 12.6 percent in November-January, official data showed Friday, despite government assertions of economic recovery.
That meant 12.9 million out of work, deepening the sense of crisis for ordinary people in Latin America's biggest country after two years of recession.
At nearly 13 million jobless, that's a 34.3 percent increase from 12 months ago.
Brazil's economy shrank 3.8 percent in 2015 and is expected to have contracted a further 3.5 percent in 2016.
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