The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

U.S. employers added 236,000 jobs in March as hiring slowed from the previous month. Unemployment dipped to 3.5%, from 3.6% in February.

While the level was nine per cent lower than in 2020 it was still higher than other parts of south-east Scotland

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits have been much higher than previously reported this year after the government updated its method of adjusting the data for seasonal swings.

A significant group of borrowers are at serious risk of default, but Australian banks will be able to comfortably survive any losses, argues the Reserve Bank.

New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits rose 7,000 for the week ending March 25 to a seasonally adjusted 198,000. The previous week’s figure was unrevised at 191,000. The four-week moving average as of March 25 rose to 198,250 from an unrevised 196,250 as of the week ending March 18.

Jobless figures higher than elsewhere in south east Scotland but government backed schemes run by the council are having success

In March 2020, the economy grinded to a halt as the COVID-19 pandemic forced widespread shutdowns of businesses. As Congress watched the economy collapse, it responded by doing something lawmakers have resisted since the 1960s: a large expansion of the social safety net.

Australians have been biding their time when it comes to big career moves, but with burnout rising and low unemployment, a change could be coming

Since last fall, agricultural workers in California's Central Valley have had less work due to prolonged rain storms and the resulting flooding.