The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

U.S. employers added a healthy number of jobs in August and a steady stream of people entering the workforce lifted the unemployment rate, suggesting some easing in the tight labor market and offering mixed implications for the Federal Reserve.

U.S. employers added 315,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate rose to 3.7% from 3.5% in July. A tight job market gives workers more bargaining power, but it may also fuel inflation.

The figures, released on Wednesday, show that the jobless rate went up from a rate of 4.2% in July 2022 and were down from 5.5% in August 2021

NEW DELHI: The unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above in urban areas dipped to 7.6 per cent during April-June 2022 from 12.6 per cent a year ago, the National Statistical Office (NSO) said on Wednesday.

The Commonwealth Employment Service grew out of a realisation that unemployment had been a policy choice, but it fell out of government favour in the late 1980s and was privatised in 1998, leaving many former staff mourning what was once possible.

American business leaders sometimes talk about workforce productivity trends the same strained way you might expect a perfectly healthy hypochondriac to check his body temperature three times a day. (Remember “nobody wants to work anymore”? The U.S. unemployment rate is 3.5%.) The new social media meme about “quiet quitting” —…

The cost of living is increasing at its fastest rate since 1990. Inequality means more status competition, as people jostle in a high-stakes economy.

Nigeria is preparing to elect its next president in February 2023. That person will have a daunting task fixing a near comatose economy.

‘GST is also imposed on foodgrains, curd, lassi and buttermilk’