Brazil Jobless Rate Declined to 7.7% in 3 Months Through Sept.

By Jeffrey T. Lewis

Brazil’s unemployment rate fell in the three months through September after the number of self-employed people increased.

The jobless rate reached 7.7% in the September period, down from 7.8% in the three months through August and 8.7% in the year-earlier period, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE,…