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Israel's Economy Faces Strain Amid Ongoing Conflict

Learn about the economic impact of Israel's conflict with Hamas and Hezbollah, including increased military spending, economic challenges, and U.S. financi...

Top News · Oct 21, 2024

Pumping the unemployed with weight-loss drugs echoes Victorian attitudes to the poor

Shifting blame to the victims of economic policy is an old trick by politicians. Now they’re using obesity to tackle joblessness

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024

Unemployed Brits will receive free Ozempic-style weight-loss shots to help them get jobs

Britain has apparently found a solution to the global unemployment crisis: Weight loss shots.

Fortune · Oct 17, 2024

The number of people out of work in London rises to three year high

London now has the second highest unemployment rate of any region in the UK with only the north east ahead on 5.6%.

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2024

Pay growth in Great Britain falls below 5%, making interest rate cut more likely

Gap between wages and inflation narrows in August, as UK unemployment rate dips to 4%

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

Door opens wider to rate cuts as wages rise at slowest pace for more than two years

The unemployment rate continued to ease, falling to 4% in June to August, down from 4.1% in May to July.

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2024

Global public debt to hit $100tn this year, says IMF, as economic uncertainty threatens financial stability and growth – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as IMF warns that future debt levels could be higher than currently projected

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

Researchers say poverty and unemployment are up in Lahaina after last year's wildfires

A new study finds that unemployment and poverty are up and incomes are down among Maui wildfire survivors more than a year after a deadly blaze wiped out historic Lahaina

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2024

Markets are finally believing Fed chair Jerome Powell will pull off his soft landing

"The general direction of U.S. employment signals an economy very far from 'recession,'" wrote UBS chief economist Paul Donovan.

Fortune · Oct 7, 2024

Canada has always had a ‘tap on, tap off’ immigration policy aimed primarily at filling jobs

The federal government will soon announce its immigration plan and immigration levels for the next three years. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have already signalled, however, that the number of immigrants will decline from the levels of the past several years.

The Conversation · Oct 6, 2024