New agreement to push action on poverty The federal government will be pushed to lift the JobSeeker payment and address long-term unemployment by welfare advocates and the peak union body. AAP · Sep 7, 2022
WTO head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: how trade can help beat inequality In a recent study South Africa was identified as ranking first of 164 countries in the World Bank’s global poverty database. Underlying this inequality is its very high rates of unemployment. Professor Dori Posel spoke to World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about why trade is important… The Conversation · Sep 7, 2022
Learning from the 1998 and 2002 midterms - Roll Call Are we heading toward another anomalous midterm election, like those in 1998 and 2002? That might be the case, Stuart Rothenberg writes. Roll Call · Sep 7, 2022
Australians on unemployment benefits are set for two record paydays – but it's a sign of a broken system, long overdue for a fix Australians on our humiliatingly-low unemployment benefit are about to get their biggest payday ever. The Conversation · Sep 6, 2022
Matthew Yglesias: A debate over the deficit is just what America needs With unemployment low, inflation high and interest rates on the rise, the time is right to bring back an old idea: bipartisan talks to reduce the federal budget deficit. Tribune News Service · Sep 6, 2022
India’s Gandhi slams PM Modi over price rise, Hindu-Muslim divide Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blames PM Modi for soaring unemployment and inflation as he rallies supporters in Delhi. Al Jazeera · Sep 4, 2022
India's main opposition protests rising prices, lack of jobs Thousands of Indians have rallied under key opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, who made a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over soaring unemployment and rising food and fuel prices The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2022
Hatred, anger rising in India: Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre, says "people afraid of future, unemployment" Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday came down heavily on the Narendra Modi-led Central government and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are dividing the country and a sense of fear has engulfed the minds of people about " their future, inflation and unemployment… Dynamite News · Sep 4, 2022
Congress workers dropped at designated protest sites, no one detained: Delhi Police Dismissing reports of detention of Congress workers, Delhi police on Sunday said that the party workers were dropped at the designated protest sites and no one was detained. Read more on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Sep 4, 2022
Ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi PM Modi is spreading hate and fear, the Congress leader says The Hindu · Sep 4, 2022
‘Modi government has 2 brothers — unemployment and inflation’, says Congress Jairam Ramesh hits out at Centre ahead of Congress’ 'Mehngai par halla bol' rally The Hindu · Sep 4, 2022
'Humiliated' neighbourhood with 'no hope' has one of UK's highest unemployment rates Residents of Gorton include those left homeless by a long-term inability to find employment and some who criticised a lack of support, although some felt they were better off being unemployed Daily Mirror · Sep 4, 2022
Delhi: Congress to hold 'Mehangai Par Halla Bol' rally against inflation, GST at Ramlila Maidan Congress will hold a mega rally against price rise, unemployment and Goods and Services Tax hike at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital ahead of the party's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. Read more on Dynamite News Dynamite News · Sep 4, 2022
The Greater Manchester streets where there are more unemployed people than anywhere else in the region 'It’s actually humiliating that I can’t work': The stories of trauma, ill health and loss of confidence in the system behind unemployment figures in one Greater Manchester neighbourhood Manchester Evening News · Sep 3, 2022
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022 EXPLAINER: 5 key takeaways from the August jobs report The nation’s job market last month delivered just what the Federal Reserve and nervous investors hoped for: A Goldilocks-style hiring report
Benzinga · Sep 2, 2022 Hot Wage Growth, 'Encouraging' Jobs Data: 5 Experts React With Interest Rates Hanging In The Balance The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) traded higher Friday morning after the Labor Department reported strong U.S. jobs market numbers from August.
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022 US economy added 315,000 jobs in August as unemployment rate rose slightly from half-century low The government reported Friday that the economy added 315,000 jobs last month, down from 526,000 in July
Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022 US adds 315,000 jobs as participation jumps and wages rise U.S. employers added jobs at a healthy, yet more moderate pace in August, offering little evidence of any kind of definitive slowdown despite a jump in unemployment.
Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022 US employers add 315,000 jobs as more workers join labor force 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.
WEKU · Sep 2, 2022 The economy added 315,000 jobs, showcasing a labor market that is still strong 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.
Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022 Commentary: Could a return of the lost workers avert a recession? There’s not much good to say about the U.S. economy today, with out-of-control inflation eroding household incomes and Americans bracing for a recession after gross domestic output shrunk in the first half of 2022.
Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2022 America’s getting back to work, and that includes Illinois Since Joe Biden took office, we’ve added 9.5 million jobs to the economy. The unemployment rate has plunged to 3.5%, matching a 53-year low.
Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022 US jobless claims decline for a third week to a two-month low Applications for U.S. unemployment insurance fell for a third week to a two-month low, suggesting healthy demand for labor even as economic growth moderates.
The Conversation · Sep 1, 2022 How to get to full employment: Ross Garnaut's address to the jobs summit This is an edited extract from Ross Garnaut’s address to the jobs summit on Thursday night. Read other articles in The Conversation’s series about the summit here.
Irish Mirror · Aug 31, 2022 Ireland's jobless rate rose slightly to 4.3% in August 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