Unemployment in UK highest since 2021
Britain鈥檚 unemployment rate has reached the highest level since August 2021, official data showed Tuesday, with businesses facing a UK tax hike and US tariffs...
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Upcoming budget must prioritise ordinary people鈥檚 concerns
AMID growing income inequality, high unemployment rates and unprecedented food inflation, economists have rightly pointed out that the budget for the next financial year should prioritise the economic woes of the ordinary people. Economists in a pre-budget meeting with the finance adviser on March 16 urged the government to create an enabling investment...
Unemployment rate in South Asia highest in 2023: ILO
Bangladesh and other countries in South Asia recorded the highest unemployment rate of 15.1 per cent in 2023, according to an International Labour Organisation report...
Govt has issues to address to contain unemployment
AN INCREASE in unemployment rate has become a major cause of concern while unemployment and under-employment have for long been indicators of jobless growth. The Bureau of Statistics, in its quarterly labour force survey, made public...
US unemployment edges up as hiring slows down
US job growth slowed more than analysts anticipated in April while unemployment crept up, government data showed Friday, signalling that the labour market is cooling though still relatively resilient.