Unemployment rate

Spain’s unemployment rate soars to record levels

25 Apr 2013

With over six million unemployed for the first time ever, Spain’s jobless rate shot up to a record 27.2 per cent in the first quarter of this year, the National Statistics Institute said on...

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Record unemployment clouds euro zone outlook

2 Apr 2013

“Unacceptably” high euro zone unemployment ran at a record 12 per cent in February, official data showed on Tuesday, with more than 19 million people on the dole a “tragedy” for Europe.

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Wise choice or just loopy?

23 Jan 2013

A short doodle or squiggle or scribble has set Washington and Wall Street's chattering classes chattering excitedly.

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Governments take wrong approach in raising income taxes

10 Jan 2013

French President Francois Hollande's threatened income tax of 75 per cent for the wealthiest citizens has driven actor Gerard Depardieu to Russia, where the flat rate is just 13 per cent.

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Unemployment rises amid signs of hiring slowdown

18 Oct 2012

Hong Kong’s unemployment rate rose slightly last month to 3.3 per cent amid signs that firms are getting more cautious about hiring, the Census and Statistics Department said on Thursday.

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Talking points

18 Oct 2012

New storm clouds over Greece

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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US unemployment rate drops to near 4-year low of 7.8pc

The US unemployment rate dropped to a near four-year low of 7.8 per cent in September, a potential boost to President Barack Obama's re-election bid.

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Euro zone joblessness, at 11.4pc, risks ‘economic disaster’

The EU warned on Monday of an “economic and social disaster” if joblessness among young Europeans continued to rise, calling for a joint effort to combat record high unemployment in the countries...

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