Unemployment rate hits 4.5pc, the highest level in post-COVID era
Australia’s unemployment rate keeps slowly drifting higher. Data show the national unemployment rate rose to 4.5 per cent…
Retrenchments rise to highest level since 2020 despite continued job growth in Q2
SINGAPORE: Layoffs rose in the second quarter of 2026, even as the Singapore labour market continued to expand,…
Spain’s unemployment rate hits lowest level in 18 years
Unemployment rate in Spain fell to 9.87%, its lowest level since 2008, in the second quarter of the…
Key state blamed for Aussies economic woes
Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and his successor Jacinta Allan have been blamed for dragging the state’s economy…
Victorian Labor government mismanagement has ‘exaggerated’ the state’s economic troubles as it pushes unemployment rate up
Victoria has dragged the nation’s economy down as the Andrews and Allan governments have “exaggerated” troubles that have…
Victoria’s unemployment rate sits above fellow states at 5.1 per cent as the national average was 4.4 per cent in June
One state’s unemployment rate is surging above the rest as it faces a series of “economic problems” keeping…
June unemployment rate steady at 4.4 per cent but underemployment ticks up
Australia’s unemployment rate remained at 4.4 per cent in June, in seasonally adjusted terms. Data show 76,000 extra…
VIDEO: Thursday finance with David Chau – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
VIDEO: Thursday finance with David Chau Australian Broadcasting Corporation5 things to watch on the ASX 200 on Friday 26…
Headline unemployment rate eases but trend unemployment highest in four years
Australia’s unemployment rate slipped to 4.4 per cent in May, down from 4.5 per cent in April, in…
US job report strikes a hawkish note as Fed’s Warsh takes the baton
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) – The blowout U.S. job report released on Friday is likely…
NAB makes major RBA rate hike call as unemployment rate jumps: ‘Balance of risks has shifted’
All of the Big Four banks expect the RBA will hold interest rates in June, but there could…
Unemployment rate remained at 4.3pc in March, in ‘calm before the storm’
Australia’s unemployment rate remained at 4.3 per cent in March, the same as February, in seasonally adjusted terms.…