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Colorado legislators pass bill to direct federal funds to repay unemployment insurance debt

Colorado legislators on May 10 passed a bill that would direct $600 million of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to help pay back the state’s $1 billion unemployment insurance trust fund debt to the federal government. The bill would also forgive certain non-fraud overpayments, meaning some workers who…

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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims rise to 203,000

New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits rose 1,000 for the week ending May 7 to a seasonally adjusted 203,000. The previous week’s figure was revised up from 200,000 to 202,000. The four-week moving average as of May 7 rose to 192,750 from a revised 188,500 as of the week…

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Paying to get paid: Young Zimbabweans trade money, sex for jobs

Experts say a series of monumental economic mistakes has led to acute unemployment and unethical recruitment in Zimbabwe

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New jobless claims start to climb again

Despite the increase, the total number of Americans receiving continued unemployment benefits was at a 53-year low for the week ending May 7.

Axios

More Americans apply for jobless benefits last week

More Americans applied for jobless aid last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits is at a 53-year low

The Independent UK

What stagflation means and what Biden could do about it

High inflation tends to break out when economic growth is really roaring.

Axios

At 3.9%, Australia's unemployment rate now officially begins with '3'. What's next?

Early in the election campaign, on April 14, we learned that Australia’s unemployment rate had slipped below 4% in March, to 3.95% – the lowest rate in 48 years.

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Australia’s unemployment rate drops to lowest since 1974

Jobless figures provide boost to Prime Minister Scott Morrison days out from a closely fought election.

Al Jazeera

Australia’s jobless rate at 50-year low of 3.9% but fewer positions added in April than predicted

The labour force figures are the final piece of economic data before the federal election and will be welcomed by the Coalition

The Guardian - AU

Unemployment rate dips below 4 per cent, but job creation slows almost to a halt

Australia's unemployment rate falls to 3.9 per cent, even though only 4,000 new jobs were created in April, leading some economists to conclude Australia is running out of workers available for hire.

ABC News

In an age of low unemployment in Australia, what about those locked out of the jobs market?

Governments have long ignored a fast-growing cohort of people who live with illness or disability that prevents them from working

The Guardian - AU

Federal election: All the updates from the campaign with Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison — as it happened

The economy remains at the centre of the election campaign, with the latest unemployment data released on Thursday, along with Labor unveiling its policy costings.

ABC News

The Loop: New unemployment figures, a Russian soldier pleads guilty, and the PM crashes into a child

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Woman serving life in California prison led $2 million unemployment fraud scheme, prosecutors say

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities charged 13 people and arrested five in connection with a California unemployment insurance benefits scheme they believe netted at least $2 million under the direction of a state prison inmate.

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Jobless rate holds at 3.9 pct in April

The unemployment rate remained at 3.9 per cent in April after the Australian Bureau of Statistics downwardly revised the March result from four per cent.

The Independent UK

Inflation hits 40-year high: What was life like in Britain the last time things were so dire in 1982

Margaret Thatcher was PM, unemployment at its worst since the 1930s, the Falklands War broke out and ‘Come on Eileen’ was the year’s biggest-selling single

The Hindu

Congress slams Modi government over inflation

India looks a lot like Sri Lanka, Rahul Gandhi tweets

Wales Online

Three TV channels and shops shut on Sundays - life in 1982 when the cost of living was last as high as it is now

Margaret Thatcher was PM and unemployment stood at 10.4%

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Japan's economy shrinks amid Covid-19 curbs and rising prices

Japan's GDP fell at an annualised rate of 1 percent in the first three months of this year as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus hampered consumer spending. Rising commodity prices also weighed on businesses in the world's third-largest economy. Plus, as unemployment remains stable in France at 7.3 percent,…

The Conversation

Proof positive. Real wages are shrinking, Wednesday's figures put it beyond doubt

Every three months the Bureau of Statistics releases the lesser-known cousin of the consumer price index. It’s called the Wage Price Index (WPI) and it records changes in the overall level of wages, in the same way the price index records changes in the overall level of consumer prices.

The Hindu

BJP targeting religious places to divert people's attention from issues such as unemployment, inflation: Mayawati

"This can spoil the situation anytime. Years after Independence, the manner in which people’s religious sentiments are being incited, as part of a conspiracy in the guise of Gyanvapi, Mathura, Taj Mahal and other places, will not strengthen the country but will only weaken it. The BJP needs to pay…

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Mayawati: Govt bid to divert people's attention from inflation with Gyanvapi row

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday said the government is targeting religious places and a particular community to divert people's attention from unemployment and skyrocketing inflation. More on Dynamite News:

The Conversation

Denying abortion access has a negative impact on children and families

The Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court proceedings in the United States have put the spotlight on the issue of abortion rights. Limiting access to safe abortions has many consequences, including increases in poverty, unemployment and pregnancy-related deaths. Another key area of impact from restricting abortion access is on family well-being…

Wales Online

Universal Credit claims up 13 per cent with another 200,000 people on benefits

It comes as inflation across the UK heads towards 10 per cent and unemployment stands at 3.7%

The Independent UK

Unemployment at lowest level since 1974 as UK wages fall sharply

Pay has dropped by the biggest fall in over 10 years

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