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International Jobs Report: Update 2016
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Prakash Loungani
May 11, 2016
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According to forecasts released in the IMF’s April 2016 World Economic Outlook, unemployment rates are expected to increase this year in the Latin America and Caribbean region and among commodity-exporting economies.

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