The number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits edged lower last week, a positive signal for the U.S. labor market amid recent signs that new claims may be trending slightly higher.Init
Chinacontinuedtoseeastablejobmarketinthefirstquarterthisyear,withtheunemploymentrateatarelativelylowlevel,officialdatashowedTuesday.FromJanuarytoMarch,themonthl
Employerscreated103,000jobsinMarch,thelowestamountofjobscreatedsincelastfall,andwellbelowthe193,000analystspolledbyThomsonReuterswereexpecting.Marchunemployment
ThenumberofpeoplefilingforU.S.unemploymentbenefitsincreasedby21,000intheweekwhichendsMarch3,reboundingfroma48-yearlowinthepreviousweek,theU.S.Labordepartmentsai
Europe'seconomyisfiringonallcylinders.Thelatestofficialdatashowacontinentthrivingonthebackofdecade-highgrowth,risingconsumerdemandandanoverallunemploymentfigure
Europe'seconomicrecoveryisdeepening,datashowedonTuesday,witheurozoneunemploymentfallingtoitslowestlevelsinceJanuary2009.TheEU'sofficialstatisticsagencysaidthatt
AnunemploymentdilemmaisbrewinginIndia,butthecountrymayhavegottenontothewrongtrackincreatingjobsforitsyouth.InIndia,morethanhalfoftheMBAgraduatescouldnotgetjobsd
GermanunemploymentfelltoahistoricallowinOctober,officialfiguresshowedonThursday.TheFederalLaborOfficerecorded2.389millionunemployedGermansinOctober,markingareco
Third-quarterGDPintheeuroareaandtheEU28roseby0.6percent,astheseasonally-adjustedunemploymentratehitahistoricallowinOctober,thestatisticalofficeoftheEuropeanUnio
TheunemploymentrateacrosstheEurozoneremainedunchangedat9.1%inAugust,thelowestlevelrecordedinthesinglecurrencyareasinceFebruary2009,officialdatahasshown.Inthewid
AWorldEconomicForum(WEF)surveywarnedthatunemploymentposesgreaterriskstobusinessesglobally.Thecompanyexecutivesputunemploymentorunderemploymentasthetopriskoverth
Thenumberofpeopleseekingunemploymentbenefitsdeclinedslightlylastweekbutstillremainedelevatedashurricanedisruptionsimpactedlayoffsforasecondweek.THENUMBERS:Appli
Taiwan's unemployment rate rose to 3.74 percent in June as new graduates poured into the job market, the island's statistics agency said Monday.
Official figures show that unemployment across the 19-country eurozone remained at an eight-year low in May.
Officialfiguresshowthatunemploymentacrossthe19-countryeurozoneremainedataneight-yearlowinMay.EurostatsaidMondaythattheunemploymentratewasunchangedat9.3percent.T
RefugeeslivinginBrazilarehavingaparticularlydifficulttimeinfindingsteadyworkasLatinAmerica’slargestcountryfacesarecordunemploymentrate.AnewprogramlaunchedinRiod
Germany’s labor market remained strong in May, with the unemployment rate falling again over the previous month to a new post-reunification low, in a likely boost to Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of September’s election.