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The number of unemployed people in Germany decreased for the second month in a row in August, indicating that the job market in Europe’s largest economy is recovering after it was hit by the Coronavirus crisis. Data revealed. The Labor Office said the number of unemployed people adjusted for seasonal …

There were 1,006,000 Initial Claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending August 22nd, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed last week’s print of 1,104,000 (revised from 1,106,000) and came in slightly worse than the market expectation …

There were 1,106,000 Initial Claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending August 15th, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed last week’s print of 971,000 (revised from 963,000) and came in worse than the market expectation of …

Data from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies in France showed that unemployment in the country fell to its lowest level in 37 years during Q2, as a downward trend that continued for several years was exacerbated by the general isolation measures imposed to confront the Coronavirus, which …

Unemployment benefits in the British economy decreased between May and July 2020, while analysts’ expectations were pointing to a decline. And data released by the British National Statistics Office on Tuesday showed that unemployment benefits in Britain rose to 94.4 thousand applications compared to 68.5 previously. Analysts had forecast that …

The UK has reported mixed labor figures. The unemployment rate remained depressed at 3.9% in June, a result of the government’s furlough schemes. Wages dropped by 1.2% when including bonuses and -0.2% when excluding them.  The Claimant Count Change for July disappointed by leaping by 94,400, far worse than 10,000 …

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 …