The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

US Unemployment Claims Rise to 248,000, Part-time Workers Increase to 5.4 Million in June.

New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits rose 12,000 for the week ending July 1 to a seasonally adjusted 248,000. The previous week’s figure was revised down by 3,000 to 236,000. The four-week moving average as of July 1 fell 3,500 from the previous week’s revised average to 253,250.

Average regular pay, not including bonuses, was 7.3 per cent higher in the three months to May

Scotland’s estimated unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.2% during the last quarter

Treasury Committee quiz lenders about mortgage rates, as two-year fixed mortgage rate rises to 6.66%, highest since 2008

The region now has lower unemployment than regions including London and the South East

The pay hikes will fuel fears that Britain is in the grip of an inflation spiral

Susana Nobre’s docufiction follows the life of Joaquim Calçada, who spent two decades in the US as an undocumented immigrant

The historic employment gains notched by Black Americans during the pandemic-era recovery may be beginning to reverse — one of the disappointing details of the June jobs report out Friday.