And while those are life and death statistics - figures were released today that speak to the health of the economy - among them the unemployment rate, and the rate of GDP growth.
Consistent with the slow re- opening of the economy, the labour force survey conducted in September shows unemployment in the single digits - at 9.2%. That is an encouraging sign since at the same time last year, it was at 13.7%. That was in the midst of the COVID lockdown, and, today, Statistician Wendy Benavides discussed how the rate came down:
The active labour force also grew by 14% - mostly in the Belize and Cayo Districts.
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