Spotlight on unemployment as jobs market loses heat Jobs data is set to dominate the economic agenda in Australia, while onlookers expect the Federal Reserve to keep US interest rates on hold. AAP · Jun 15, 2025
Women’s Prize winner slams ‘unbelievable’ NHS doctor unemployment IN FULL The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025
Women’s Prize winner Rachel Clarke issues plea to Wes Streeting as NHS doctors face unemployment Author and palliative care doctor won the literary award for her fourth book, ‘The Story of a Heart’ The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025
Jobs out of reach: Why recent graduates are struggling to find their footing in this current labor market Unemployment remains low, but those just entering the market are having an increasingly difficult time finding work. Fortune · Jun 13, 2025
Recurring jobless claims spike to highest level since 2021 at 1.96 million The numbers indicate unemployed people are taking longer to get back into the job market. Fortune · Jun 12, 2025
US tech jobs are on the slide as AI snaffles entry-level jobs Many traditional roles are being eliminated, and the market as a whole is declining. TechRadar · Jun 11, 2025
Housebuilding and China trade hopes lift London stocks Figures showed the unemployment rate rose slightly in the three months to April, as expected. Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025
Voices: Is Rachel Reeves a toxic influence in the workplace? COMMENT : The number of job vacancies has taken a tumble just as the unemployment rate hits a four-year high – which is exactly what happens when you make it more expensive to take people on, says James Moore The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025
Unemployment up and vacancies down as firms stop replacing leavers IN FULL The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025
UK unemployment rises to a four-year high as firms cut back on hires Employers are hesitant to recruit more staff as they contend with a rise in payroll taxes and a bumped-up minimum wage. Euronews · Jun 10, 2025
More than 100,000 payrolled jobs lost since "awful April" as higher NI rates kick in London had the highest unemployment rate of any region at 6.4% Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025
At least 250,000 jobs lost since Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget, data shows Unemployment at highest level in nearly four years, with increase blamed on chancellor’s hike to businesses’ NICs The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025
FTSE 100 Live 10 June: M&S and Rolls-Royce shares rally, more rate cuts seen Rolls-Royce, Marks Spencer and stronger oil and housebuilding stocks today left the FTSE 100 index on the brink of a new record close. Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025
Hiring slows across US amid uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits has risen to the highest level in eight months The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025
Reason · Jun 5, 2025 S. Ct. Rejects Wisconsin Unemployment Tax Exemption's Different Treatment of Proselytizing and Non-Proselytizing Religions The government generally may not "distinguish[] among religions based on theological differences in their provision of services."
The Guardian - US · Jun 5, 2025 US supreme court backs Catholic charity group in unemployment taxes case Catholic Charities had argued it should not be required to pay unemployment taxes
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025 Supreme Court sides with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case over unemployment taxes The Supreme Court says a Catholic charity in Wisconsin doesn’t have to pay unemployment taxes in one of a set of religious-rights cases the justices are considering this term
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025 The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week rises to highest level in eight months Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in eight months last week but remain historically low despite growing uncertainty about how tariffs could impact the broader economy
Salon · Jun 3, 2025 Finding online support after a job loss The unemployed are bracing for the toughest job market in years
Euronews · Jun 3, 2025 Eurozone unemployment drops to record low levels in April Falling energy and input prices helped ease cost pressures for European businesses in April, allowing them to retain more employees.
The Conversation · May 30, 2025 Young men on South Africa’s urban margins: new book follows their lives over 10 years South Africa’s young people, aged 15 to 34, who make up more than 50% of the country’s working age population, bear a disproportionate burden of unemployment. They have done so for more than a decade. Of this group, those aged 15-24 face the highest barriers to the job market, according…
Barchart · May 29, 2025 Dollar Slides with Bond Yields on Weak US Economic News The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Thursday fell by -0.60%. The dollar on Thursday slid from a 1-week high and retreated on Thursday's Fed-friendly US economic news that showed the Q1 core PCE price index revised lower, continuing unemployment claims unexpectedly rose to a 3-1/2 year high, and Apr pending...
Barchart · May 29, 2025 Dollar Erases Early Gains on Weak US Economic News The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.47%. The dollar today fell from a 1-week high and turned lower on today's US economic news that showed the Q1 core PCE price index revised lower and continuing unemployment claims unexpectedly climbing to a 3-1/2 year high, dovish factors for...
Fortune · May 29, 2025 Caution and clarity are the two takeaways from Fed’s notes—but Powell may get ‘stuck’ in limbo The FOMC’s latest meeting notes reveal a committee in stasis as it waits for the real impact of Trump’s tariff regime.
Tom’s Hardware · May 29, 2025 Anthropic CEO says AI could cause up to 20% unemployment within five years, wipe out half of all entry-level white collar jobs The CEO of Anthropic has claimed AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white collar jobs and spike unemployment by 20%.