Por Miguel A. Kiguel
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Unemployment looks through the rearview mirror
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Unemployment looks through the rearview mirror
Third week
June 2017
The publication of unemployment statistics has caused much debate among economists. First of all, it is important to remember that unemployment is not a leading indicator. Whoever seeks to find any sign of change in trend within unemployment is looking in the wrong direction. Job generation is a far better indicator in that sense. Secondly, the lack of a homogeneous and methodological series makes the formulation of conclusions difficult. Nonetheless, we will outline some hypotheses based on the available information.
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