The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

There's a big summer push on at the moment to help fill vacancies across a variety of sectors.

New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 22,000 for the week ending May 13 to a seasonally adjusted 242,000. The previous week’s figure was unrevised at 264,000. The four-week moving average as of May 13 fell to 244,250 from an unrevised 245,250 as of the week ending May 6.

The electorate have credited Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his conservative party with building back from disaster

America’s unemployment now stands at a 54-year low of 3.4%, a useful reminder that our post-COVID economy is similar to the post-World War II economy of 1947-1949. Much like today, that generation faced a tricky combination of high inflation and low unemployment. Our predecessors brought inflation down without significantly breaking…

Thailand's unemployment rate hit a three-year low in the first quarter, the state planning agency said on Monday, declining to 1.05% from 1.15% in the last three months of 2022 as recovery in the crucial tourism industry strengthened.

For all the talk of a slowdown in the US economy, more than a dozen U.S. states have the best job markets in their history.

Unemployment rate just 0.1% above the level it reached in the first quarter of 2020

Rising unemployment and falling job vacancies may be signalling a turning point in Australia's labour market, economists say.

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell by the most since 2021 after fraudulent claims in at least one state boosted the numbers in previous weeks.

The stubbornness of high inflation is dividing the Federal Reserve over how to manage interest rates in the coming months, leaving the outlook for the Fed’s policies cloudier than at any time since it unleashed a streak of 10 straight rate hikes in March 2022

A surprise uptick in unemployment in April has stoked fears the labour market may be starting to turn, as forecasts predict a jobs downturn.