New Zealand Unemployment Rate Declines
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New Zealand&#39;s unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent in the three months to Sept. 30, the second lowest rate in the industrialized world and the country&#39;s lowest level in at least 18 years.
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The US Labor Department said Thursday first-time applications for unemployment benefits fell last week for the first time in four weeks.
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WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent, and workers got fatter paychecks in February, even as bad winter weather sent a bit of a chill through US job growth.
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The unemployment rate in the 12 nations sharing the euro slipped in October to a five-and-a-half year low of 7.7 percent from 7.8 percent in September, the European Union's Eurostat data agency has said.
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The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits dropped last week, a hopeful sign that the recovery in the jobs market is moving ahead.
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Britain&#39;s unemployment rate fell to a new 20-year low of 4.6 percent in the latest quarter, according to official data released Wednesday.
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The US jobless rate dropped in November, but analysts are surprise and disappointed by the weak job creation numbers reported by the US Labour Department.
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The New Zealand economy has slipped four places in world competitiveness rankings, but remains in the top 20, a new report shows. The World Economic Forum&#39;s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005 ranks
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Singapore&#39;s unemployment rate fell in the third quarter of 2004 as job creation increased in tandem with the city-state&#39;s strong economic growth, the government said Monday.
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The number of people claiming jobless benefits in Britain fell for the ninth month in a row in June, official data showed on Wednesday.
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The nation's labor market softened slightly last month, with the unemployment rate edging up to 4.6 percent as job growth slowed, the Labor Department said yesterday.
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The UK saw unemployment fall in the last three months of 2006 according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Japan&#39;s unemployment rate fell 0.1 per cent to 4.8 per cent in August, the government said, as recent signs of a recovery in the world&#39;s second largest economy trickled down to the job market.
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The number of unemployed people in the UK fell during the three months to May, official figures show.
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Japan&#39;s unemployment rate fell to a six-year low in November and industrial production picked up, offering evidence that the nation&#39;s recovery is continuing, although at a significantly slower pace than earlier in the year.
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SINGAPORE Singapore&#39;s unemployment rate fell to its lowest in more than three years in the third quarter, the government said Monday, as manufacturers and service companies increased investment in the city-state, creating new jobs.
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Japan's unemployment rate unexpectedly falls to a nine-year low, making a rise in interest rates more likely.