Unemployment
Gaza unemployment levels 'among worst in world'
June 14, 2011Gaza's unemployment rate was among the world's highest, at 45.2% in late 2010, the UN has found, as Israel's blockade of the territory enters its fifth year. Real wages meanwhile fell by more than a third, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...
Moldova reports higher unemployment rate in 2010
April 03, 2011The number of the unemployed increased by 11,000 people in 2010 against 2009, reaching 92,000, according to data by the National Statistics Bureau (BNS). As much as 62.3 per cent of the unemployed were men, and 62.4 per cent were people from urban areas...
US unemployment rate falls to new two-year low of 8.8%
April 02, 2011The US unemployment rate fell to a new two-year low in March of 8.8%, from 8.9% in February. It was the fourth monthly fall in a row. The unemployment rate has fallen by a percentage point during the last four months. Employers created 216,000 jobs...
US unemployment rate falls to 8.9%
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March 04, 2011The US unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.9% in February, down from 9% the month before. It is the third month in a row that the jobless rate has fallen, with February's figure marking a near two-year low. Employers added 192,000 jobs last month,...
Jobs are crucial US election year issue
May 07, 2010By Jim Malone The U.S. government's monthly jobs report said the economy added nearly 300,000 new jobs last month, the biggest monthly total in four years. The economy in general and the jobless rate in particular will be factors in this year's midterm...
Obama welcomes job report, critics say figures well below expectations
April 02, 2010By Dan Robinson President Barack Obama is pointing to the latest monthly U.S. government employment report saying it shows his policies are continuing to be successful in helping the nation recover from the economic recession. The president says despite...
Timothy Geithner: US jobless rate will stay 'unacceptably' high
April 01, 2010U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the nation's jobless rate will be "unacceptably high" for a long time. Thursday, Geithner told television interviewers on NBC that businesses are going to start creating jobs again, but also said...
More help for homeowners in U.S. to avoid foreclosure (video)
March 27, 2010A $14 billion enhancement to the Obama administration's housing rescue efforts announced on Friday will target the vexing problems of "underwater" mortgages and high unemployment plaguing homeowners. Watch the Fox News video with All-Star'...
BBC: US interest rates 'to stay low'
March 17, 2010The US Federal Reserve has repeated its pledge to keep interest rates at record lows in order to nurture the economic recovery. The Fed said its main interest rate would be kept at the current 0% to 0.25% range, as widely expected. Its rate-setting...
U.S. Congressional Democrats propose new financial regulations
March 17, 2010By Mil Arcega Legislation proposed this week by U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd could result in big changes in the way financial institutions do business. Dodd, the Democratic Party chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, says the bill expands the Federal...