The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

Everyone agrees that solving the unemployment problem in South Africa is the number one priority for economic policy for the new government, as it has been for all governments since 1994. What is less clear, and highly contested, is what should be done to solve this problem.

By D’Angelo Gore, Robert Farley, Lori Robertson, Eugene Kiely and Ian Fox On a night when the focus was on safety and unity at the Republican convention, a number of GOP leaders also offered up some misleading and false claims FactCheck has seen before. Several speakers also blamed Biden for…

While interest rates may have peaked, the labour market is fragile and the economy is set to slow even further

Comparison of record low unemployment rates for demographic groups under Trump and Biden administrations.

South Africa’s economy is strained, unemployment and crime are extremely high, policing is ineffective and the public service is dysfunctional. Francois Venter was involved in drafting the country’s transitional 1993 and final 1996 constitutions. Since then, he has researched comparative constitutional law and theory. He believes the outcome of the…

Recent Labor Department data shows decline in jobless claims and individuals receiving unemployment benefits, indicating stability in the US labor market.

Latest report shows decrease in unemployment claims, indicating positive job market trend and economic recovery.

Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market remains sturdy despite high interest rates

While the current jobless rate is still historically low, its rate of increase could be a sign of deteriorating economic conditions.

Latinas saw their unemployment rate rise from 4.1% to 4.5% in June, while it decreased from 6.4% to 6.1% for men

An uptick in the unemployment rate amid a cooling labor market could accelerate the Fed's rate-cut timeline.