Unemployment
USA: Jobless claims down, productivity up
March 05, 2010The number of people signing up for unemployment compensation in the United States dropped last week, while an updated study of U.S. productivity shows rapid gains in the last few months of 2009. Thursday's reports from the Labor Department show jobless...
Scary map: U.S. unemployment rates by counties 2007-2010 (video)
February 22, 2010According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are nearly 30 million people currently unemployed -- that's including those involuntarily working parttime and those who want a job, but have given up on trying to find one...
US jobless rate hits highest level since 1983
November 06, 2009By Jim Randle The U.S. unemployment rate rose sharply in October, hitting 10.2 percent, the highest level since 1983. Friday's report from the Labor Department says U.S. employers cut fewer workers in October than the prior month, but the overall...
Russian labor market: Why unemployment is lower than expected
November 04, 2009By Paul Goble In the early 1990s and especially over the last year, many Russian commentators and politicians have competed among themselves in predicting extraordinary increases in unemployment, in both cases to figures comparable to those which...
Moldova: Unemployment is on the rise
June 09, 2009This is one more proof that the unemployment is on the rise. Many enterprises send their personnel in undesired vacations or even dismiss them. The explanation seems to be simple, as many enterprises cannot sell their products, do not have incomes, and...
China's urban unemployment rate declining
November 12, 2007China's urban jobless rate has declined just .1 percent from last year even though more than 10 million urbanites found work so far this year. Labor and Social Security Vice Minister Zhang Xiaojian said that by creating more than 10 million jobs in...
