Unemployment rate

While it's true a lot companies don't pay enough, this labor shortage goes beyond that. Businesses paying above minimum wage are having trouble hiring.

236,000 jobs were added, with unemployment ticking down to 3.5%.

New laws in China affecting business and trade will come into effect on January 1, 2019. Ensure your business is compliance ready.

On Wednesday, March 16, Fed officials announced that they would raise their benchmark federal-funds rate by a quarter percentage point to a range between 0.25% and 0.5% from near zero.

It’s no secret that the current bull market and economic expansion are getting long in the tooth.

The US economy in 2023 showed a mixed picture of economic performance, according to data from various charts and graphs. Job growth continued, with the unemployment rate reaching a historic low of 3.4%. Wages also increased, rising by 4.1% year-over-year. However, inflation remained a concern, with consumer prices increasing by 3.5%. The housing market experienced a slowdown, with home sales dropping by 10% compared to the previous year. This was attributed to higher mortgage rates and a…

Only 34 lakh of the about 1.34 crore people with disabilities (PwDs) in the employable age have a job in India, according to Equiv.in, a recruitment platform that cited government data for the numbers. That is an unemployment rate of more than 70%.

Home loan borrowers have seen a steep rise in their EMIs due to repo rate rise of 2.5% in last one year. A home loan taken at 7% for 20 years would have seen an increase in total interest outgo by 136% if the tenure increased to 30 years and then EMI would have gone up to accommodate the impact of the overall repo rate hike taking the interest rate to 9.5%.

As the unemployment rate continues to rise in South Africa, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Here are some in demand job skills.