Economy expands rapidly, but job growth flatlines in unprecedented ‘jobless boom’
The economy is creating plenty of wealth. It’s just not creating many jobs. Forecasters expect Friday’s report on…
Unemployment rate remains at 4.1pc in January, leading to talk of another rate rise
Australia’s unemployment rate remained at 4.1 per cent in January, the same as in December, in seasonally adjusted…
Long-term unemployment becoming ‘a status quo’ in today’s job market
Tequila Turner collected her last regular paycheck in October 2024. Since then she’s traded her steady career in…
Number of unemployed in high-tech sector doubled
In December 2025, the number of job seekers in the high-tech sector stood at 16,300 – double the…
Khan Academy CEO warns even a 10% workforce reduction due to AI ‘will feel like a depression’
In 1997, IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated the reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov. In 2023, ChatGPT passed…
Struggling to get by: Behind the US underemployment crisis | Unemployment News
New York City, United States – For 14 years, BC Dodge built a career telling other people’s stories as…
Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says
An Amazon Go store in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg |…
Claudia Sahm: ‘I don’t have a good feeling’ about labor, Fed, at present
Analysts’ favourite gauge of the U.S. economy’s health comes from data. And at the moment, the numbers look…
Germany’s industrial engine sputters as Bosch axes 20,000 jobs – POLITICO
The move lands amid a deepening slump in the country’s automotive industry, long the backbone of German manufacturing.…
Tide turns on SA’s age of hope – The Mail & Guardian
Up, up and away: Under President Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa has done very well since his 2018 State…
US Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady despite political pressure | Business and Economy News
The United States Federal Reserve is holding interest rates steady in its first rate decision of 2026. Rates…
Consumer Confidence Hit Lowest Point Since 2014 In January
Topline The consumer confidence index “collapsed” to its lowest point in more than a decade, the Conference Board…