The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

The White House is taking a victory lap, and economists at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are offering rosier economic forecasts.

New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 26,000 for the week ending June 24 to a seasonally adjusted 239,000. The previous week’s figure was revised up by 1,000 to 265,000. The four-week moving average as of June 24 rose 1,500 from the previous week’s revised average to 257,500.

Fifty years ago, the unemployment situation in the country deteriorated year after year and the number of jobless had reached the 7.27 million mark by April

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NEW DELHI: The principal opposition Congress party has strategised to corner the Narendra Modi government in the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament on various pressing issues facing the country, including the Manipur violence, rising inflation, unemployment and the “assault” on the federal structure of the country the way governors of…

Millions of fresh college graduates and early career professionals in China face daunting prospects amid a cooling economy.

Inflation could ease further as the labor market cools, with unemployment edging up and more workers who are reluctant to quit.

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are trending up +0.33% this morning as market participants awaited a reading on the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge.

U.S. unemployment benefits applications fell last week by the most since October 2021 in a week that included the Juneteenth holiday.