Unemployment

Viruses do not respect borders, and until the world is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, the global and United States…

Jobless claims remain stubbornly high by historical standards: Before the coronavirus pandemic erupted, weekly applications typically remained below 220,000 a…

Both the IMF managing director and World Bank president expressed alarm over growing global economic inequality on Wednesday after a…

Small Business Rising, which represents grocers, hardware stores, pharmacies and bookstores, said it aims to reinvigorate United States antitrust enforcement,…

A global minimum corporate tax rate can help ensure everyone pays their fair share and will prevent companies from fleeing…

Spain is about to ask hundreds of companies to join in one of the biggest-ever tests of whether a four-day…

The United States economy added 916,000 jobs in March, edging the unemployment rate down to 6 percent for the first…

Biden’s $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan aims to update the United States’ physical and technological infrastructure and address long-standing economic…

New claims for state unemployment benefits in the United States rose by 61,000 for the week ending March 27, but…

Millions of jobs were lost during last year’s lockdown, dealing a blow to Modi’s promise of creating employment. A short…

The corporate tax-cut party President Donald Trump kicked off will soon be over if his successor proves able to enact…

Private company payrolls increased by 517,000 in March, according to ADP Research Institute data released Wednesday. U.S. private employers in…

The coronavirus pandemic has widened the gender gap by a generation and closing it will take concerted efforts by policymakers…

Vaccination is crucial to get a quarter of a billion people who lost their jobs during the pandemic back into…

Both consumer spending and personal incomes are expected to rebound in March as Americans receive stimulus cheques. Consumers’ spending and…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell compared the Fed’s actions taken in the early US pandemic days to British World War…

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,00 from 781,000 the week before. The number…

Both US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday warned that the economy still needs more…

President Joe Biden’s economic team at the White House is determined to make good on his campaign pledge to raise…

Fed chief pens essay for WSJ reassuring that the US central bank will continue to do whatever it takes to…

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to 770,000 from 725,000 the week before. The number of…

The United Nations has raised its forecast for global economic growth in 2021 as governments step up COVID-19 vaccination programmes…

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday upgraded its forecast for US economic growth this year to 6.5 percent – a sharp…

A year ago, Max Kumangai was dazzling crowds with a jolt of live Broadway excitement, performing in New York City’s…

Though the US job market has been slowly strengthening, many businesses remain under pressure, and 9.6 million jobs remain lost…

The number of new businesses started between March 11, 2020 and March 1 of this year is 14 percent lower…

Roughly four in 10 Americans say they’re still feeling the financial impact of the loss of a job or income…

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected women and threatens to reverse decades of progress towards gender equity, including in the…

The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated economic inequalities across race, ethnicity and education levels, a new survey by Pew Research Center…

It’s been a busy week of business headlines and economic news, but if you’ve been too busy looking out the…

The US economy added 379,000 jobs in February as the nation’s labour market picked up steam after a brutal December.…

Expected 2021 growth rate is far below what economists are forecasting as Beijing aims for more sustainable development. China has…

Wage scales in Europe have long been shrouded in secrecy, which has helped perpetuate gender inequality on the continent. The…

The United States labour market still has a long way to go to recover its pre-pandemic strength,  and though the…

The company will close 60 of its North American shops and is considering shuttering its European retail outlets as more…

The finance ministry said GDP data reflects a V-shaped recovery but also warned that India is not yet past the…

Two Senate committee chiefs are looking at ways to raise taxes on companies paying workers less than $15 an hour,…

It’s the final week of February, and if you’re anxiously awaiting those first little signs of spring, you’re not alone.…

Fewer people in the United States filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week amid falling COVID-19 infections but the…

The majority of Americans support the idea of more than doubling the minimum wage to $15 per hour, a new…

The global economy is at risk of a ‘dangerous and permanent divergence’, the secretary of the US Treasury warned G20…

Business executives from multiple industries sent a letter to US Congressional leaders on Wednesday urging them to pass Biden’s COVID-19…

United States consumer confidence increased in February, with households slightly more upbeat about the labour market amid declining new COVID-19…