The National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE) corresponding to the month of September showed that the unemployment rate decreased for the third consecutive month to stand at 5.1%, as a result of the fact that the people who returned to be part of the Economically Active Population (EAP) ) (+621 thousand people) found employment, at the same time that the unemployed population decreased by 49 thousand people, to stand at 2.7 million.

In total, 670 thousand people joined the employed population. This is evidence that the population was waiting to resume their original jobs with greater openness.

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