Jobless rate hits 5 percent, 2-year high
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Hiring practically stalled in December, driving the nation's unemployment rate up to a two-year high of 5 percent and fanning fears of a recession.
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Bank's main rate up to 5.75%, highest in six years.
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Germany's jobless figure rises above five million, with unemployment now at its highest level since the 1930s.
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The economy created 337,000 new jobs in October, the largest gain in seven months. The overall unemployment rate rose marginally to 5.5 percent.
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The number of new claims filed for jobless benefits rose a larger-than-expected 12,000 last week, while a more reliable barometer of labor market trends rose to its highest in more than two years, the government said on Thursday.
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Australia&#39;s unemployment rate dropped for the second straight month to 5.6 percent in September, the government said Thursday.
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The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless aid jumped by a much larger-than-expected 69,000 last week to the highest in over two years, government data on Thursday showed, but the numbers were likely skewed by the timing of a public holiday.
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The nation's unemployment rate climbed to a four-month high of 4.6 percent as somewhat wary employers added fewer new jobs in January. Wage gains were more modest.
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Gearing up for the holidays, employers boosted hiring in November, and hundreds of thousands of jobseekers streamed into the market, nudging the unemployment rate up to 4.5 percent.
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The number of people out of work is on the rise, but a record number of people now have jobs.
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The number of initial claims for  U.S. jobless aid filed last week rose 2,000, while a more  reliable barometer of labor trends climbed to its highest level  in two months, government data showed on Thursday.
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Unemployment jumped to its highest rate in two years and new hiring slowed to a trickle in December as a cooling economy and a continued downturn in the housing sector registered soundly in the country's labor force.
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WASHINGTON -- The nation's unemployment rate climbed to a four-month high of 4.6 percent as somewhat cautious employers added fewer new jobs to their payrolls in January. Wage gains were even more modest.
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Consumer spending accelerated in October as a surge in hiring led to the biggest rise in incomes in five months.
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WASHINGTON - Employers stepped up hiring in August, expanding payrolls by 144,000 and lowering the unemployment rate marginally to 5.4 percent. While the figures didn't amount to a national job fair, analysts said, they did hold out the promise of stronger growth following the summer lull...
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The economy added 18,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls, the smallest monthly gain in more than four years. The unemployment rate rose to 5 percent.
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The cost of borrowing headed higher as yields on the 10-year Treasury note hit a five-year high, climbing to 5.248 percent.