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Net Change in Employment in Canada rose by 418,500, compared to analysts’ estimate of 400,000, in July and brought the Unemployment Rate down from 12.3% in June to 10.9% in July, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. Underlying details of the publication revealed that the Participation Rate improved from 63.8% to …

There were 1,186,000 Initial Claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending August 1st, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed the previous week’s print of 1,435,000 (revised from 1,434,000) and came in better than the market expectation …

The number of initial jobless claims in the United States increased by 12,000 to a total of 1.43 million kast week, as show by the data of the US Department of Labor on Thursday. This is the second consecutive weekly rise in claims for unemployment benefits. Last month, data by …

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Germany came in at 6.4% in July vs. 6.5% expected. The figure is better than expected by analysts. Data released earlier beat expectations with the unemployment change falling by 18k in seasonally adjusted terms compared to estimates of an increase of 43k. The adjusted …

A total of 1.3 million people have filed for unemployment benefits in the United States last week, according to data by the US Department of Labor on Thursday. The number beats market expectations of 1.25 million applications. However, the number showed a slight decline compared to the previous week, which …

Data published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK official unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.9% posted in May while the number of claimants count change fell unexpectedly last month. The number of people claiming jobless decreased by 28.1K in June, compared to expectations for +250K …

Net change in employment in Canada increased more than expected as Statistics Canada reported on Friday that net change in employment in Canada rose by 953,000 in June, bringing the unemployment rate down to 12.3% from 13.7% recorded in May. However, the unemployment rate came out worse than the market’s …

The Eurozone unemployment rate fell short of economists’ expectations in May, indicating that measures to protect jobs in the Eurozone have paid off. Although the unemployment rate in the Eurozone peaked for four-months high at 7.4%, data from Eurostat reported, economists’ expectations at 7.7%. The unemployment rate in April was …