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WASHINGTON: Applications for US unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, sliding to the lowest level since September and underscoring a strong jobs market where many businesses are reluctant to let go of workers.

Biden and Democrats want to raise debt limit without conditions but House Republicans will only agree if spending is cut – get the latest

Andrew Bailey has been on an official visit to South Wales

The countdown toward a possible U.S. government default is in the offing

The world's leading economists spent most of 2022 convincing themselves that, if the global economy was not already in a recession, it was about to fall into one. But with the year 2022 end, the global slump has been postponed to the present 2023.

Australia's unemployment rate remains stuck at 3.5 per cent, with 14,600 jobs disappearing from the economy in the latest official statistics.

Although inflation moderated for the sixth consecutive month in December, a recession is still likely as the Fed is expected to keep raising rates this year. Amid an uncertain economic backdrop, fundamentally strong and popular stocks on Wall Street, Microsoft (MSFT), Pfizer (PFE), and AT&T (T), could make ideal additions…

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to present her fifth Union Budget on February 1. This will be the last full year budget of the Modi 2.0 government before the general elections in 2024.

There is no sign of easing in food prices, which rose by 16.9% in the 12 months to December 2022

Annual rate falls in December, although it remains at one of the highest levels in 40 years

Many key indicators have come in better than forecasters anticipate in recent months.