According to the ONS, in August–October the unemployment rate registered 4.2%, down 0.1 percentage points from the previous rolling quarter....
News Category: Labor Market
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United Kingdom: Labor market remains in good shape midway through Q4 -
United Kingdom: Labor market stays healthy despite end of furlough According to the ONS, in July–September the unemployment rate registered 4.3%, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous rolling quarter.... -
United Kingdom: Labor market indicators are solid in Q3 According to the ONS, in June–August the unemployment rate registered 4.5%, down 0.1 percentage points from the previous rolling quarter.... -
United Kingdom: The labor market continues to strengthen at the outset of Q3 According to the ONS, in May–July the unemployment rate registered 4.6%, down 0.1 percentage points from the previous rolling quarter.... -
China: China’s leadership sets conservative 6% growth target for 2021; fiscal policy to remain fairly supportive China’s main annual political meetings—known as the Two Sessions—took place in March. Premier Li Keqiang delivered the government work report... -
United States: Payrolls tank by largest extent since March 2009 in the wake of the coronavirus crisis U.S. employers cut 701,000 jobs in March, severely overshooting market expectations of a decline of 100,000 payrolls, and contrasting February’s... -
United States: Non-farm payrolls remain robust in February, hit to labor market from coronavirus still to come Non-farm payrolls rose by 273,000 in February, beating out market expectations of 175,000 and matching January’s upwardly revised 273,000 increase... -
United States: Payrolls grow at solid pace at outset of year Non-farm payrolls increased by 225,000 in January, outpacing market expectations of 160,000 new jobs and up from December’s upwardly revised... -
Germany: Consumer confidence expected to remain virtually unchanged in June German consumer confidence is expected to inch down to 10.1 in June from 10.2 in May, according to the forward-looking... -
Slovenia: Economic Snapshot for Central & Eastern Europe Q4 2018 slowdown confirmed; external woes still largely offset by resilient internal demand Central and Eastern Europe’s (CEE) widely-anticipated cooldown...