{
  "id": 648722,
  "title": "Costa Rica’s Job Market Is Steady — and That’s the Problem",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/costa-ricas-job-market-is-steady-and-thats-the-problem",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:51:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/costa-rica-labor-market-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Costa Rica · Economy Key Facts Steady rate Unemployment held at 7% in Q2 2026, with 163,690 people jobless. Yearly drop The rate fell from 7.4% (171,971 unemployed) in Q2 2025. More workers Employment rose to 2,182,916, adding 29,437 jobs year-on-year. No change INEC reported no statistically significant movement in main labor indicators. Shrinking pool […] The post Costa Rica’s Job Market Is…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}