US job growth slowed more than expected in January, but a 4.0% unemployment rate probably will give the Federal Reserve cover ...

Among the many factors pointing to economic uncertainty, the most significant is the tariff and trade war that Donald Trump has pledged to initiate. At the same time, from a global perspective, the ...

South Africa is lagging behind its peers and even many developed countries. Given our population growth rate of 1.3%, this sluggish economic growth means that unemployment is likely to get worse, ...

Global unemployment ... countries, the report stated, appear to be particularly vulnerable, since progress in decent work creation has been slowest in these countries. Though inflation rates ...

The current global unemployment rate of 5% is the lowest in an ILO data series going back to 1991 and is projected to tick lower again in 2026 to 4.9%, the ILO said. However, some countries and ...

The U.S. added 143,000 jobs in January, fewer than economists expected, but the unemployment rate inched down to 4 ... promised retaliation from targeted countries. In a research note this week ...

In 2007, the country’s unemployment rate hit its lowest level of the century ... It was crowned by The Economist as having the developed world’s strongest economy in 2024.

But while unemployment in Europe is now falling ... and long-term unemployed workers is not going to go away for developed countries any time soon, even if countries like Greece and Spain are ...

The US labor market showed continued signs of resilience in January as the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell, wages grew more than expected, and December's monthly job gains were revised higher ...

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the nation's unemployment rate edged down to 4%, versus 4.1% in December. The unemployment rate had been forecast to remain at 4.1% in January ...

The number of people at work is generally closely related to whether an economy is growing at a reasonable rate At the peak of the worldwide recession that began in 2008, the International Labor ...

By the end of 2024, nearly 13 million people in the bloc were unemployed, according to the latest figures from the statistical office of the EU, Eurostat. Spain had the highest number of ...