South Korea’s August jobless rate hits record low
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s unemployment rate fell to a record low in August, while employed people increased for an 18th straight month, government data showed on Friday. The country’s…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s unemployment rate fell to a record low in August, while employed people increased for an 18th straight month, government data showed on Friday. The country’s…
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s economy shed jobs for the third month in a row in August, losing a net 39,700 jobs, entirely in full-time work, Statistics Canada said on Friday.…
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to a three-month low, underscoring the robustness of the labor market even as the Federal…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate was steady at 2.6% in July, while the availability of jobs grew for the seventh straight month to a more than two-year high, government…
LOS ANGELES – A former United States Postal Service mail carrier was indicted today by a federal grand jury for her role in a scheme that allegedly defrauded banks…
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose for the second straight week, indicating further softening in the labor market despite still tight conditions as…
(Reuters) – Spain’s jobless number remained below three million for the second month running, falling to 12.48% in the April to June period of 2022 compared to 13.65% three months…
LONDON -Britain’s unemployment rate held at 3.8% in the three months to May and the number of people in work rose by the most since the middle of 2021, suggesting…
LOS ANGELES – A former United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for scheming to steal more than $250,000 in unemployment insurance…
LOS ANGELES – Law enforcement today arrested six defendants charged in a federal grand jury indictment alleging they fraudulently obtained more than $2 million in COVID-19-related unemployment insurance (UI)…
LOS ANGELES – A rapper who boasted in a YouTube music video about getting rich by committing pandemic-related unemployment benefits fraud has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud…
MOSCOW – Russia’s unemployment rate dropped to a record low in May but industrial output fell and consumer demand, measured by retail sales, waned after a decline in real wages…
SAO PAULO – Brazil’s jobless rate fell to 10.5% in the three months through April, making it the lowest since early 2016, statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday. The unemployment…
TOKYO – Japan’s jobless rate fell to 2.5% in April, while the availability of jobs increased, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was lower than the…
LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities this morning arrested a United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier and a Santa Clarita Valley man for allegedly scheming to steal approximately $800,000…
(Reuters) – Portugal’s unemployment rate in the first quarter fell to 5.9%, from 7.1% a year earlier, and from 6.3% in the preceding three months, official data showed on Wednesday.…
MADRID – The number of people registering as jobless in Spain fell 2.77%in April to 3.02 million people, the lowest level since July 2019, as hirings sped up and took…
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO -Japan’s jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 2.6% in March, hitting the lowest rate since April 2020, although the number of furloughed workers remained high due to…
BRASILIA – Brazil’s jobless rate stood at 11.2% in the three months through February, statistics agency IBGE said on Thursday, the lowest level for the period in six years, amid…
Jobless Claims Fall To Lowest Level In Over 50 Years Harry Wilmerding on March 24, 2022 The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims decreased to 187,000 in the…
Jobless Claims Decrease By 15,000 Harry Wilmerding on March 17, 2022 The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims decreased to 214,000 in the week ending March 12, the…
New Weekly Jobless Claims Tick Up By 11,000 Harry Wilmerding on March 10, 2022 The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims increased by 11,000 to 227,000 in the…
The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims decreased to 232,000 in the week ending Feb. 19, the Labor Department announced Thursday. The Labor Department’s figure showed a decrease…
The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims increased to 248,000 in the week ending Feb. 12, the Labor Department announced Thursday. The Labor Department’s figure showed an increase…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer prices rose solidly in January, leading to the biggest annual increase in inflation in 40 years, fueling financial markets speculation for a 50…