Britain&#39;s Jobless Rate at 20-Year Low
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Britain&#39;s unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 4.7 percent in the latest quarter, according to official data released Wednesday.
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The pound fell a 10-month low against the dollar and its lowest level against the euro on Wednesday, amid increasing speculation the Bank of England will deliver a back-to-back rate cut to revive a slowing British economy.
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The suicide rate among young men in England and Wales is the lowest for 30 years, say researchers.
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HONG KONG Hong Kong&#39;s unemployment rate stayed at its lowest in almost three years in September, the government said Tuesday. Hotels, restaurants and stores have increased hiring to cope with surging visitor arrivals from mainland China.
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UK unemployment fell by 7,000 to 1.7 million between August and October, official figures show.
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TOKYO: Japan&#39;s unemployment rate in November fell to a near six-year low of 4.5 percent from 4.7 percent in October, the government said, in better figures than the consensus forecast of 4.7 percent.
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Britain&#39;s unemployment rate stood at 5.4 percent in the three months to July, unchanged from the three months to June, official data showed Wednesday.
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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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U.S. employers added just 146,000 new jobs in January and hiring in the previous three months was revised lower, the government said on Friday in an unexpectedly weak report on the job market, but a drop in job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years.
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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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U.S. employers added just 146,000  jobs in January, the government said on Friday in an  unexpectedly weak report on the labor market, while a drop in  job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in  more than three years.
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Australiaâs jobless rate fell to a 31-year low in January as fewer people sought work, worsening a worker shortage that may fuel wages and inflation. The rate fell to 4.5 percent from 4.6 percent in December, the lowest since May 1976. Australian employers hired an extra 300,000 workers last year, the largest gain since 1989..
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There will be no jobs for unskilled workers in Britain within 10 years, the leading employers&#39; organisation claims today. The prediction is based on the growth in
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The number of U.S. workers signing up for first-time jobless benefits fell to a seasonally adjusted 308,000 last week, slightly lower than expected, a government report on Thursday showed.
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The number of U.S. workers seeking first-time jobless benefits fell by an unexpected 20,000 in the latest week, according to a government report on Thursday that suggested vigor in labor markets.
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The number of U.S. workers applying for jobless benefits fell by 20,000 last week to 307,000, in a much sharper decline than expected that underscored the strength of the labor market, government data showed on Thursday.
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The number of new mortgages given to house movers fell 20% in the past year, the Bank of England says.