Australia jobless at 26-year low
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Australia&#39;s jobless rate is at a quarter-century low, giving a further reward to Prime Minister John Howard following his recent election victory.
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The number of people seeking jobless benefits in the UK falls to a 32-year low, official figures show.
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Unemployment in France has reached a 25-year low - dropping 0.9% in May to 2.2 million, the government says.
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The Massachusetts jobless rate last month plunged to its lowest level in more than two years, the sharpest monthly drop since 1981, the state reported yesterday.
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Germany's monthly jobless rate for September reaches its lowest level for more than 14 years.
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Germanyâs unemployment rate slipped to 8.8 percent in June, from 9.1 percent in May, in a sign of better times for the countryâs economy. The number of unemployed people fell to 3.687 million from 3.812 million in May, according to the state jobs agency. The agency said that 711,000 fewer people were jobless compared with a year ago. Some German officials have even warned about labor shortages for high-demand skills like engineers, a sign of how far the economy has come in reducing the jobless rate from above 12 percent in early 2006.
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Employers posted fewer job openings  and hired fewer people in December than a year ago, government  data showed on Tuesday, in a report that further underlined the  weakness of the labor market.
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Unemployment in Australia sinks to its lowest level since 1978, giving a further boost to the re-elected government of John Howard.
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Prime Minister John Howard's election campaign received a last-minute boost as new unemployment figures showed a larger than expected fall in the number of jobless, two days before an election he has fought on his economic record.
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The number of U.S. workers filing for first-time jobless benefits fell a smaller-than-expected 27,000 last week, a government report showed on Thursday.
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Unemployment fell for the 15th month in a row in August to reach the lowest level for 29 years, official figures showed.
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The current economic boom in Germany enabled Europe&#39;s biggest economy to hold its jobless rate at the lowest level for six years this month, data showed on Thursday.
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The number of people looking for work in Germany, the biggest eurozone economy, fell by about 90,000 to 4.257 million -- or 10.3 percent of the workforce -- in September, the Federal Labour Agency announced.
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The number of people out of work in the UK fell by 29,000 between August and October to 1.39 million, the latest official figures have shown.
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Idaho, Montana and Hawaii are among the states with the very lowest unemployment in the nation.
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The number of Americans filing first- time jobless claims declined to the lowest level in six weeks, suggesting an improving labor market, a government report showed.
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Australian unemployment fell to a record low of 5.3 percent in October, prompting analysts to warn that the country's powerhouse economic performance could increase pressure to hike interest rates early next year.