The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

Did NZ really dip into recession this year? Not until unemployment starts to rise ... that's the measure that affects real people. Jonathan Milne reports.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits remained elevated last week, a possible sign that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes over the past year may taking hold in what’s been a resilient job market

The jobless rate has fallen back to 3.6 per cent after 76,000 jobs were added to the economy.

Australia is looking at hundreds of thousands more jobless as the economy slows down dramatically. That will have real costs for the federal government.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues have made major mistakes in their battle with inflation.

The RBA and whoever happens to be in government right now want unemployment up above 4 per cent to 4.25 or 4.5 per cent.

A post by Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause), which he kindly allowed me to pass along: Yesterday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals decided four separate appeals from decisions of Unemployment Law Judges who denied unemployment benefits because an applicant refused on religious grounds to comply with an employer's Covid vaccine…

on the grounds that the firing was for "misconduct" (such as violation of a social media policy)?

Stronger than expected job and pay data makes interest rate rise more likely, driving up two-year bond yields