Tag: Unemployment

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Immigration green card seekers face 60 days suspension, “to protect US jobs”

  

  President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was suspending immigration for green-card seekers for 60 days, arguing the controversial move would protect US jobs.

• Saturday, April 4th 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  Record unemployment filing in US in two weeks; “economy has slipped into recession”

  

  The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits shot to a record high of more than 6 million last week as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists say has pushed the economy into recession.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  US unemployment claims expected at record high: 80% Americans under some form of lockdown

  

  The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits likely shot to a record high for a second week in a row as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists say has pushed the economy into recession.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Spain overtakes China in Coronavirus infections; business leaders warn of impact on jobs with the lockdown

  

  Spain overtook China in the number of those infected with coronavirus on Monday as the government tightened restrictions on a population entering its third week under one of the strictest lockdowns in Europe.

• Friday, March 27th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  World leaders pledge US$ 5 trillion to address the global economic collapse

  

  World leaders on Thursday promised US$5 trillion to stave off global economic collapse from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed 21,000 people and shut down huge swathes of the globe.

• Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Mnuchin denies potential US unemployment of 20% but considers a US$ 2.000 stimulus check to every American

  

  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday vowed that unemployment would not reach 20%, seeking to clarify comments he made a day earlier on a worst-case economic scenario resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  Chile unemployment rose to 7% in the last quarter of 2019

  

  Chile’s jobless rate rose to 7.0% during the October to December period, the government said on Friday, an early, but still tepid, sign of the potential impact of two months of unrest in late 2019.

• Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina's unemployment in the third quarter rose to 9.7%

  

  Argentina’s unemployment rate rose to 9.7% in the third quarter versus 9.0% in the same period last year, marking one of the highest rates recorded in recent years, the official INDEC statistics agency said.

• Thursday, December 5th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  With 3.6% jobless rate, Trump plans to cut food stamp program; “we need everyone who can work, to work”

  

  The Trump administration said on Wednesday it will make it harder for states to keep residents in the U.S. food stamp program in a move that is projected to end benefits for nearly 700,000 people.

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazilian unemployment statistically stable at 11.6% in the Aug/Oct quarter

  

  Brazil's unemployment rate fell to 11.6% in the quarter ending in October, from 11.8% in the quarter ending in July, the country's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) announced. The rate also fell slightly, compared with the same period of 2018 when it was at 11.7%.