After years of slow but steady improvement following the 2008 global financial meltdown, Europe’s economy appears to be stabilizing, at least on one front: the unemployment rate in the 28-state European Union held steady in March at 7.1 percent.
Read moreEurope’s economic recovery is rolling ahead, driving down unemployment to the lowest in nearly a decade. But lagging inflation means the European Central Bank will be in no hurry to end its stimulus efforts.
Read moreEmployers added 313,000 jobs in February, the most since July 2016, keeping the unemployment rate unchanged at 4.1, the Labor Department said Friday.
Read moreDespite record-low unemployment and a vigorous economy, working-class Californians feel the pinch from spiking housing prices – making new affordable housing a central tenet of the November election.
Read moreA magistrate for Europe’s top court sided with the United Kingdom on Wednesday after it denied benefits to an immigrant who undertook registered work for just two months before sustaining an injury.
Read moreEmployers across the U.S. posted fewer open jobs in November, the second straight month of decline, the Labor Department announced Tuesday.
Read moreEmployers added 148,000 jobs in December, a modest gain that fell short of economists’ forecasts, but nevertheless capped the seventh straight year of annual employment growth above 2 million, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Read moreThe number of Americans filing for jobless benefits remained unchanged last week, at 245,000, the same number as the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Read moreThe U.S. economy grew at a 3.2 percent annual rate during the third quarter, the nation’s best back-to-back quarterly growth rates in three years, the Commerce Department said Thursday. In other economic news, the Labor Department reported that the number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time in five weeks.
Read moreThe number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 11,000 last week, the lowest level in nearly two months, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Read moreThe number of unemployed workers filing for unemployment benefits fell by 2,000 last week to 236,000, the lowest level in five weeks, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Read moreThe number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits slid to 238,000 last week, an indication job market remained strong heading into the start of the holiday season, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Read moreThe number of people filing applications for unemployment benefits fell for the first time in three weeks, the Labor Department said Wednesday, with total applications down to a low 239,000.
Read moreUnemployment rates fell to record lows in Idaho and Tennessee in September, and dropped in 9 other states, the Labor Department said Friday.
Read moreSpain’s scheme to calculate unemployment benefits for “vertical” part-time workers – those who work only on set days each week – runs afoul of EU law, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday.
Read moreThe number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits rose by a seasonally adjusted 10,000 last week to a still-low 239,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Read moreEmployers added a robust 261,000 jobs in October as the economy rebounded from hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Read moreBritain’s finance industry could lose 10,000 jobs on the first day after the country leaves the European Union, the Bank of England warned Wednesday, as it urged the government to swiftly reach a transitional deal to smooth out the process.
Read moreThe eurozone economy is enjoying its strongest period of growth since a short-lived bounce-back following the global financial crisis.
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