Cristiane Ribeiro Reporter Agência Brasil

Rio de Janeiro – With an increase of 0.3%, compared to April, and 4.2%, compared to May 2009, the number of jobs in the Brazilian industrial sector rose for the fifth consecutive month in May 2010. According to the government statistical bureau (IBGE), new jobs were created in all fourteen locations it surveyed, with the biggest jump in São Paulo, up 3.3%. São Paulo is the state that proudly calls itself the country’s locomotive, because that is where 40% of the Brazilian industrial sector is located. The biggest job increases occurred in the machinery, electro-electronic home appliances and communications equipment sector (up 8.7%), textile (up 10.3%) and food and beverages (3.1%). The second biggest increase of jobs was in the Northeast, led by footwear and leather sector (up 15.4%) and food and beverages (7%).

Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English
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