Unemployment became the main concern of Argentinians, according to a pollster.

Unemployment became the main concern for Argentinians for the first time in 2026, according to the latest report from Atlas Intel/Bloomberg, one of the public opinion studies most followed by the market. The issue stood at 50.2%, 6.2 points higher than in September. Throughout the year, and up to this month, concern over joblessness fluctuated between a low of 34.6% (January) and a high of 46.5% (July). List of main problems for Argentinians: unemployment leads, at 50.2% (Atlas Intel). According to the latest measurement by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec), unemployment stood at 7.9% in the second quarter of 2026; this represented an increase from 7.8% in the previous three-month period and 7.6% in the same quarter of 2025. Furthermore, in August, the private sector recorded 15 consecutive months of decline in formal jobs, according to Luis Campos, lawyer and reference for the Social Law Observatory of the Autonomous CTA, based on official data from the Argentine Integrated Pension System (SIPA). In August alone, there were 7,600 fewer registered private salaried employees than in July. During the meeting with "the world of work" held on Monday at the headquarters of the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), Pope León XIV stated that unemployment is "a true drama in the life of whoever suffers from it." In his initial speech at the Palacio Libertad, he also referred to "those who are looking for work." The last time joblessness occupied the first place as the main problem for Argentinians in Atlas Intel reports was in June 2025, at 44.4%. Since then and until today, it has consistently been the second concern of public opinion, each month behind corruption. This time, the data collected by the consultancy between November 5 and 11 shows corruption in second place, at 40.2%, 10 points less than unemployment. Furthermore, corruption fell 10.1 points since last month. The evolution of the main problems for respondents (Atlas Intel). In third and fourth place are the economic situation (34.5%) and high prices and inflation (32.4%). Prices experienced an acceleration of 2.2% in October, according to data published yesterday by Indec. Among the concerns of Argentinians, the economic situation and high prices grew by 2.3 and 4.6 points, respectively, since September. In this question, each interviewee could mark up to three options. The evolution of the main problems for respondents (Atlas Intel). Despite this list of concerns, the negative valuation of the economic situation in Argentina fell by 11 points (measured at 60%) and the perception that it will worsen in the next six months fell by 5 points (50%). 35% believe it will improve and 16% believe it will remain the same. Image ranking. Following the slight rebound in presidential approval registered in September, the consultancy detected a retraction in all three indicators this month regarding the Government's evaluation and Javier Milei's image. Presidential approval fell from 38.5% to 36.2%, while rejection rose by more than 3 points to 60.6%. Presidential approval fell (Atlas Intel). Regarding the evaluation of the Government, those who consider it good or excellent dropped to 28.9% (4.4 points less than in September), while those who rate it bad or very bad rose to 55.7%, compared to 54.2% the previous month. In the positive image ranking, Milei occupies fifth place, below former president Cristina Kirchner, governor Axel Kicillof, deputy Myriam Bregman, and ruling party senator Patricia Bullrich. Ranking of political leaders' image: Cristina Kirchner, Axel Kicillof, and Myriam Bregman are on the podium (Atlas Intel). All leaders have a negative differential, meaning more rejection than support. The list is led, for the second consecutive month, by Cristina Kirchner (41% positive image and 53% negative). She is followed by Kicillof (39%-54%), a presidential candidate for Peronism, and then Bregman, from the Left Front, with 39% support and 51% rejection. Bullrich occupies fourth place (37%-57%), amidst strong shifts in the Government and speculations about a rupture. In October, the former Minister of Security managed to halt the unfavorable curve in her image. Milei appears only in fifth place (36%-62%), followed by former Economy Minister Sergio Massa and former president Mauricio Macri.