The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

Almost 400,000 have exited jobs market with long-term health problems since early 2020, ONS says

Investors brace for further interest rate rises, as US CPI rose 8.3% in the year to August, dashing hopes of a larger fall, and food inflation is highest since 1979

The UK’s unemployment rate is its lowest since 1974 after official figures today showed a surprise drop to 3.6% in the three months to July.

The region still has the highest levels of joblessness in the UK but levels have fallen significantly in the most recent figures

Australian households are feeling "deeply pessimistic", but they are still spending money and business confidence keeps booming.

Jobless rate at lowest point since 1974, but hours worked and salaries both slump

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced August 8, 2022, that the state was participating in the Integrity Data Hub (IDH). The IDH is a platform of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) that “brings state workforce agencies together in collective action to compare and analyze [unemployment…

At the end of 2021, South Africa recorded its highest unemployment rate since the dawn of democracy, at 35.3%. The figure has marginally dropped but there is still concern about how the country will tackle this issue. Dori Posel spoke to Trudi Makhaya, economic advisor to South Africa’s President Cyril…

Fresh labour force data will be closely watched to see if unemployment remains at near-record lows.

The last time the Federal Reserve faced inflation as high as it is now, in the early 1980s, it jacked up interest rates to double-digit levels — and in the process caused a deep recession and sharply higher unemployment

Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market remains continues to remain strong despite decades high inflation