Page 31 - Unemployment

US unemployment at 5%, 1.56 lakhs jobs added in September

The number of unemployed persons remained unchanged at 7.9 million

Govt proposes annual surveys to assess labour force and unemployment rate

This initiative is important because it will give us regular (annual) estimates at the all-India level, Chief Statistician of India, T C Anant.

Unemployment paints grim picture, highest in 5 years in 2015-16

Female unemployment rate was estimated to be 8.7 per cent, whereas for males it was 4.3 per cent

Abheek Barua & Tushar Arora: Looking for a job?

Too few opportunities for large-scale manufacturing and poor technical training is causing an unemployment crisis

US jobless claims hit more than 1-year high; import prices rise

Prices for imported goods were down 5.7% in the 12 months through April, reflecting the lingering effects of the dollar's sharp rally and the oil price plunge between June 2014 and December 2015

US jobless claims edge up; current account deficit falls

Claims are now below 300,000, a threshold associated with healthy labor market conditions, for 54 weeks, the longest stretch since 1973