The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

The U.S. labor market showed fresh signs of resilience on Thursday, as private hiring surged, layoffs slowed and filings for unemployment benefits stayed relatively low.

South Africa is facing rolling electricity blackouts, high unemployment and growing social unrest due to economic woes.

The White House is taking a victory lap, and economists at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are offering rosier economic forecasts.

New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 26,000 for the week ending June 24 to a seasonally adjusted 239,000. The previous week’s figure was revised up by 1,000 to 265,000. The four-week moving average as of June 24 rose 1,500 from the previous week’s revised average to 257,500.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- New commercial and high-end condominiums are rising from the dirt, the minimum wage is going up, unemployment is the lowest it’s been in years and tourism — the engine of the economy — is once more booming.

Mallikarjun Kharge’s attack came a day after the Congress slammed the Centre over rising prices of vegetables and other essential food items and demanded immediate steps from his government to address the issue.

China’s growing youth unemployment rate could trigger political problems if not properly handled, warned a prominent economist who has advised President Xi Jinping’s government.

If policymakers talk of creating work for 5 million-8 million young in India, that will barely scratch India’s unemployment problem

Fifty years ago, the unemployment situation in the country deteriorated year after year and the number of jobless had reached the 7.27 million mark by April

Business & investing: There's a mixed scorecard for the markets at the halfway point of the year, but the world’s most popular cryptocurrency is powering higher thanks to renewed interest by some of the world’s largest investment funds. Andrew Patterson reports.

Millions of fresh college graduates and early career professionals in China face daunting prospects amid a cooling economy.