Tag: Unemployment

• 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%.

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 16:44 UTC

  Unemployment on the rise in Macri's Argentina

  

  Unemployment in Argentina reached 10.6% in the second quarter of 2019, the highest ever since President Mauricio Macri took office in December, 2015, according to data released Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC).

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Unemployment in Argentina jumps to 10.1% in the first quarter of 2019

  

  Argentina's unemployment rate rose to 10.1% in the first quarter from 9.1% in the first three months of last year, the official INDEC statistics agency said. This is the highest level since current president Mauricio Macri took office, and the worst in thirteen years.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  UK's employment and hiring remains strong in the three months to February

  

  Unemployment in the UK fell by 27,000 in the three months to February to 1.34 million, official Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show. The number of people in work was also virtually unchanged at a record high of 32.7 million, with a jump of 179,000.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 07:55 UTC

  Brazil's jobless rate rose for the second straight month and stands at 12.4%

  

  Brazil’s jobless rate rose in February for the second straight month, government data showed on Friday, adding to pressure on new President Jair Bolsonaro to reignite a sluggish economic recovery.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  Trump not happy with GM's decision to cut 14.000 jobs and close several plants

  

  President Donald Trump does not like the news that General Motors would close several plants and cut more some 14,000 jobs. Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn on Monday afternoon, Trump said he spoke with CEO Mary Barra and told her he wasn't happy with the decision. “I told her I'm not happy about it,” Trump told reporters.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Automation, rust belts, and the angry and unhappy US electorate

  

  Barack Obama said of the U.S. mid-term elections that “the character of our country is on the ballot,” and the outcome proved him right. The United States is a psychological basket case, more deeply and angrily divided than at any time since the Vietnam War.