A dog in Michigan was approved for unemployment of more than $1,000 a month, a Saugatuck resident said. Michael Haddock, an attorney in the town, said that he recently received a letter from the state's Unemployment Insurance Agency.

Most states are planning to adopt optional hardship exceptions to work requirements, including individuals receiving care in a hospital or nursing facility, traveling for medical treatment, living in an emergency or disaster county, or living in a high-unemployment

Unemployment is nearing record lows. We are on the right track!" he tweeted.

The drop of one-tenth of a percentage point in the unemployment rate took it to its lowest level since May 2007. The decline reflected both an increase in hiring and people leaving the labor force.

After the financial crisis of 2008, the African-American unemployment rate surged, reaching 16.8 percent in 2010. It has gradually declined since then.

SYDNEY—Australia enjoyed another month of solid jobs growth in September, with the annual pace of gains sprinting ahead to a healthy 3.1 percent and nudging the unemployment rate lower.

In June 2023, China’s official youth unemployment rate reached a record 21.3 percent.

economic growth and a low unemployment rate, inflationary pressure remains muted,” Citibank said.

Bernstein and Eberstadt represent two typical and contrasting approaches to the unemployment problem.

Despite these headwinds, the labor market has remained relatively resilient, with unemployment in the euro area at 6.2 percent in March. The ECB noted that labor demand has begun to cool.

Gallup publishes on its website the U6 unemployment rate, which it calls "real unemployment."

Stagflation refers to a combination of rising inflation, weak economic growth, and elevated unemployment.

The U.S. labor market was also intact, with applications for unemployment benefits collapsing below 200,000 last week.

In another sign that the eurozone recovery is gaining momentum, Eurostat said unemployment across the region fell to 9.6 percent in December.

There was a record small number of people filing for unemployment. The jobs report ... was more than 110,000. People had said it was only going to be $50. The price of oil, we were told, was going to go to $150. As I’m speaking today, it’s $95.

Higher job growth and declining labor force participation kept the unemployment rate steady at 4.3 percent.

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But it won’t matter if people can’t afford to buy things if they won’t have a job anyway: There is a clear, established, positive correlation between electricity prices and unemployment.

China, for instance, dedicates less than 10 percent of the nation’s GDP to social protections—pensions, health care, unemployment insurance, and social assistance—compared with more than 15 percent on average for the members of the OECD.

Wage arrears are common, unemployment is rife, and workplace safety is often treated as secondary. In China, where 18,000 to 20,000 workers die annually in industrial accidents, life can feel dispensable.

Chinese financial news media Caixin Global reported that the urban unemployment rate for people aged 16 to 24 is at 16.9 percent, citing China’s National Bureau of Statistics.

The labour market remains soft, with the unemployment rate ranging between 6.5 percent and 7 percent due to weak hiring and fewer job seekers.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls increasing by 185,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.4 percent.

Analysts who spoke with The Epoch Times say it reflects a broader effort by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to soften the appearance of worsening economic conditions, while sidestepping deeper socioeconomic challenges such as rising unemployment and

At 4.2 percent, the unemployment rate in Orange County is now below the pre-recession level of 4.3 percent from 2007, and below the state's unemployment rate of 4.9 percent.

Applications for unemployment benefits plummeted to their lowest level since 1969, for example. The good news has been offset by renewed business and consumer price pressures.

The unemployment rate also dipped to 4.3 percent last month, from the 4.4 percent registered in February. Markets had projected the jobless rate holding steady at 4.4 percent.

“Job gains have remained low, on average, and the unemployment rate has been little changed in recent months. Inflation is elevated, in part reflecting the recent increase in global energy prices.”

A reader's letter in response to the Oct. 14, 2016 article "America's Hidden Unemployment Crisis" by Stephen Gregory.

Fraud in unemployment insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic was estimated at between $100 billion and $135 billion—about 11 percent to 15 percent of unemployment benefits paid during the national health emergency, according to the federal watchdog.