The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 5,000 for the week ending July 23 to a seasonally adjusted 256,000. The previous week’s figure was revised up from 251,000 to 261,000. The four-week moving average as of July 23 rose to 249,250 from a revised 243,000 as of the week…

Unemployment claims have been on the rise the last few months, perhaps signaling a slowing labour market.

‘Completely around the wrong way’ to allow pensioners to work more without losing pay while jobseeker remains unchanged, advocates say

The home-buying market screamed its way into every publication you read and every dinner-table conversation you participated in for the past year. Not only did people pay the listed price for a home, they fought to outbid each other.

The government is creating a parliamentary committee to examine the rollout of Workforce Australia, the new unemployment services program that is barely a month old.

Arvind Kejriwal slammed the Gujarat Government for failing to provide jobs or generate employment for the youth of the State 

Unemployment among women is a serious problem: Mariam Dhawale

The US Commerce Department on Thursday announced that the country’s gross domestic product had fallen for the second consecutive quarter, although President Joe Biden said the economic data overall “doesn’t sound like a recession”. In most countries, two successive quarters of GDP decline qualify as a recession – but not…

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki recently painted a gloomy picture of the country and its prospects. He said the governing African National Congress (ANC), led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, did not have a national plan to address the country’s many socio-economic problems. These include high and growing unemployment, inequality,…