Although economic activity has shown some resilience, employment generation has not kept pace. The most recent data confirm a persistent gap affecting hundreds of thousands of families.
In 2025, more than 250 million young people will neither study nor work. The economic slowdown and lack of quality employment worsen their situation.
Is it time to celebrate the employment gains derived from the INE labor market bulletin? It seems a bit early for that.
Artificial intelligence has begun to affect stock prices, hiring freezes, and risk management at various companies.
It is increasingly important to give clear signals to the private sector so that, through greater investment, existing jobs can be generated or maintained.
Temporary jobs have been declining since mid-2022.
Without promoting policies that encourage investment, allowing for sustainable economic growth going forward, we are unlikely to see a change in the employment slowdown.
We see it as quite likely that we will never again have the same number of people working as we had prior to the social explosion/pandemic.
We must not lose sight of the structural impacts of the social explosion and the pandemic on the labor market.