Unemployment

Eurozone unemployment rate falls to record low

Unemployment across the eurozone has fallen to a new record low, a week before Europeans head to the polls for the European Parliament elections. Statistics body Eurostat reports that the…

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UK unemployment rate jumps to 4.2%

Britain’s unemployment rate has risen to 4.2%, as the number of workers in payrolled jobs falls and more people leave the jobs market. The latest healthcheck on the UK’s labour…

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German unemployment edges down in January

By Maria Martinez Jan 31 (Reuters) - The number of unemployed people in Germany fell marginally in January, Labour Office figures showed on Wednesday, defying expectations of an increase. The…

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Malta: Further drop in unemployment

Malta's unemployment rate for June 2022 stood at 3.0%, the NSO said today. This reflected a drop of 0.1 percentage points from the previous month. For the month under review,…

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Turkish unemployment falls to 10.9% in May

ISTANBUL, July 13 (Reuters) - Turkey's unemployment rate dropped 0.3 percentage points month-on-month to 10.9% in May, while a seasonally adjusted measure of labour underutilisation rose 0.8 points to 22.4%, data showed…

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Poland’s unemployment seen at 4.9% in June

WARSAW, July 6 (Reuters) - Poland's unemployment rate fell to 4,9% in June according to preliminary data, Deputy Labour Minister Stanislaw Szwed was quoted as saying by state news agency PAP on…

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German unemployment rises in June as Ukrainian refugees look for work

BERLIN, June 30 (Reuters) - German unemployment rose in June, Labour Office figures showed on Thursday, as Ukrainian refugees are registering with the office in search of work. The Federal Labour Office…

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Italy May jobless rate falls as fewer seek work, but 49,000 jobs lost in month

ROME, June 30 (Reuters) - Italy's unemployment rate fell to 8.1%in May from 8.3% April, hitting its lowest level for two years, but the decline was due to people withdrawing…

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Euro zone unemployment falls to new record low of 6.6% in May

BRUSSELS, June 30 (Reuters) - Euro zone unemployment fell to a new record low in May as the economy continued to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, even if inflation exacerbated…

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Greek unemployment eases to 12.5% in April

ATHENS, June 15 (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate fell to 12.5% in April from an upwardly revised 12.6% in the previous month, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Wednesday. Seasonally adjusted…

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Euro zone producer prices surge in March, unemployment hits record low

Euro zone producer prices surged more than expected in March as energy prices more than doubled year-on-year, data showed on Tuesday, while unemployment continued to fall hitting a new record…

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German unemployment down in March with little impact from Ukraine war

BERLIN, March 31 (Reuters) - German unemployment fell in March, Labour Office figures showed on Thursday, pointing to a continued recovery in the job market, with hardly any effect from the war…

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Euro zone unemployment at record low of 6.8% in Feb

BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) - Euro zone unemployment fell to a record low in February as the economy continued to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, even as energy prices rose…

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France unemployment hits 13-year low in boost for Macron

PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - France's unemployment rate fell in the final quarter of last year to the lowest level since 2008, data showed on Friday, boosting Emmanuel Macron's economic credentials less…

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U.S. on the road to 1950s-style unemployment, but it may only be a pit stop

WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The last time the U.S. unemployment rate fell below 3%, as one Federal Reserve official has predicted it will this year, the Korean War was…

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Malta: October brings strong decline in unemployment rate

In October, the number of persons registering for work stood at 1,254, decreasing by 1,860 when compared to the corresponding month in 2020. Data released today by the NSO, and…

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Italy September jobless rate edges down to 9.2%, with 59,000 jobs created vs month before

ROME, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Italy's unemployment rate was slightly down at 9.2% in September from 9.3% the month before, data showed on Wednesday, as some 59,000 jobs were created,…

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Malta: Unemployment registers slight drop in September

Unemployment dropped slightly last month, standing at 3.2 per cent, dropping by 0.1 percentage points when compared with the previous month and by 1.5 percentage points from September 2020. Fresh…

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German unemployment falls further in August as recovery continues

German unemployment fell more than expected in August, official figures showed on Tuesday, as a recovery continues in Europe's largest economy despite rising COVID-19 figures. The Labour Office said the…

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Turkey extends lay-off ban by two months

ANKARA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Turkey has extended a ban on lay-offs for two months from Jan. 17, a presidential decree published on the Official Gazette showed on Wednesday. The…

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UK unemployment reaches four-year-high two weeks before Brexit formalisation

Britain's unemployment rate rose again in the three months to October and redundancies reached a record high as companies were hit by new coronavirus restrictions and prepared for the end of government job subsidies that were eventually extended into 2021. Official data…

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Covid-19 Leads to Record Lows In Job Postings Across Europe

Data published by the Financial Times shows that in July 2020, the United Kingdom saw the lowest decrease in job postings, -55% compared to the same month in 2019. As at July,…

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UK jobless rate rises for first time since COVID-19 lockdown

Britain's unemployment rate rose for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown began in March but official data published on Tuesday also showed a less severe fall in employment than…

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Polish Deputy PM says unemployment may fall below 5% in 2021

Unemployment in Poland may fall below 5% next year while the economy grows 4%, Deputy Prime Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz told private broadcaster Polsat on Monday. The state budget draft assumes…

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Malta: Unemployment spikes in 2020

After consistently dropping since 2015, unemployment levels have spiked exponentially in 2020 reaching the levels of unemployment of 2015. In July, the number of persons registering for work stood at…

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Malta: Malta allocated €243.6m in EU loans through unemployment aid scheme

Malta has been allocated €243.6 million in loans given by the EU through the temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) initiative. Source: Newsbook Updated 16:15pm

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French unemployment rate hits 37-year low as lockdown skews data

French unemployment fell to a 37-year low in the second quarter, as the continuation of a multi-year downtrend was exaggerated by a strict coronavirus lockdown that meant people were unable…

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Number of Swiss out of work dips in July versus June

The number of people out of work in Switzerland eased in July from June but was still up nearly 53% compared with the year-ago month, data released on Monday showed.…

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Greek unemployment jumps to 17.0% in May, highest in nine months

Greece's jobless rate rose to 17.0% in May from an upwardly revised 15.7% reading in the previous month, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday. It was…

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Malta: Industrial Production up in June

The Index of Industrial Production rose by 3.1 percent in June from the month before, lifted mainly by consumer goods (+4.3%) and capital goods (+3.7%), Figures by the National Statistics…

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Malta: New business registrations increased by a third in latest report

There were 4,216 new business registrations in 2018, 35 percent more than the year before. The latest data on business demographics in Malta by the National Statistics Office shows that…

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Irish unemployment rate falls to 16.7%, signs of stagnation

Ireland's unemployment rate, including those receiving temporary COVID-19 jobless benefit, fell to 16.7% at the end of July from 23.1% in June, but jobs growth is stalling after the government…

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Italy June unemployment rate rises to 8.8% as 46,000 jobs are lost

Italy's unemployment rate rose to 8.8% in June from an upwardly revised 8.3% the month before, data showed on Thursday, as some 46,000 jobs were lost in the continued coronavirus…

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Malta: Malta with least number of unemployed persons in EU

Malta has the least number of unemployed persons in the EU with Germany. This statistic was published from Eurostat which confirms that, once unemplyment in Malta started to decrease, unemployment…

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Malta: Slight drop in unemployment rate in June

The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in Malta stood at 4.2% in June, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from the previous month. Source: Newsbook Updated: 17:25pm

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Malta: Unemployment rate decreases for first time in a year

The rate of unemployment stood at 4.2 percent in June, a decrease from 4.3 percent in May. Data for the previous twelve months released by the National Statistics Office showed…

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EU households register biggest-ever decrease in consumption

Household real consumption per capita in the European Union fell by 2.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, following a decline of 0.2 percent in the previous quarter.…

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Malta: June records drop in industrial prices

A decrease in intermediate goods pushed down the Industrial Producer Price Index for June by 0.27 percent from the same month last year. Data by the National Statistics Office shows…

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Malta: Increase in people registering for work – PN

The National Statistics Office announced that there is an increase of 2,654 people registering for work compared to June last year. Figures for June this year show that people registering…

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Malta: Registered unemployment slightly down from May

The number of persons registering for work in June stood at 4,270: an increase of more than 2.650 compared with the same month last year but a decrease of 139…

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Malta: Government deficit rises to 8.5 percent in first quarter

Malta registered a general government deficit-to-GDP ratio of 8.5 percent in the first quarter of 2020. Figures by Eurostat indicate that Malta recorded the biggest change from the previous quarter,…

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Malta: Increase in annual inflation rate

The annual rate of inflation in June rose 0.72 percent compared with the same month the year before. Figures by the National Statistics Office show that inflation as measured by…

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Malta: Debt to GDP ratio reaches 44% in the first quarter

Government debt rose to 1.6 percent of Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2020, up from 1.5 percent in the previous quarter. Data by Eurostat show that the…

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Malta: Decrease in licensed vehicles for first time in four years

The were 395,413 licensed vehicles in Malta at the end of the second quarter this year, around 2,000 less than were registered in the previous quarter. Data by the National…

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Poland’s unemployment rate rises to 6.1% in June

Poland's registered unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in June compared with 6.0% in May, statistics office data showed on Thursday, below analysts' expectations of 6.2%. The statistics office also said…

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Malta: An increase of thousands of people applying for unemployment benefits

As unemployment in our country continues to rise above the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of people registering for unemployment benefits with the Department of Health has also…

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Malta: Donations to public libraries surge by two-fifths

Public libraries received over 33,700 book donations in 2019, an increase of 39.7 percent from the year before. Combined with the purchase of printed and electronic books, libraries acquired a…

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Malta: Population grows despite fewer births in 2019

The population in Malta increased by four percent in 2019 to reach 514,564 by the end of the year. Figures by the National Statistics Office show that this is the…

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Malta: Q1 registers largest deficit for five years

Total government revenue decreased by €193.6 million in the first quarter this year while expenditure increased by €99.5 million compared with the same period in 2019. Figures by the National…

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Malta: Property prices increase at a slower rate in Q1

The Property Price Index rose by 5.6 percent in the first quarter of 2020 compared with the same period last year, but the increase was the lowest recorded since the…

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Malta: Fall in domestic tourism in 2019

There were 237,237 domestic tourists in 2019, a drop pf 3.4 percent compared with the previous year according to figures by the National Statistics Office. More than nine in ten…

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Malta: Industrial production up from lowest index in a year

The Index of Industrial Production in May registered rose by of 2.9 percent, the first increase in four months. Data by the National Statistics Office shows that the total production…

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Italy May jobless rate rises to 7.7% as people resume work search after lockdown

Italy's unemployment rate rose to 7.8% in May from an upwardly revised 6.6% the month before as some 84,000 jobs were lost, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Thursday. A…

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Malta: Malta with third lowest unemployment rate in Euro zone

A EUROSTAT statistic showed that throughout the month of May, Malta had the third lowest rate of unemployment in the Euro zone. In May, the month when Malta started to…

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Euro area unemployment in May rises to 7.4%

In May 2020, a third month marked by COVID-19 containment measures in most Member States, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.4%, up from 7.3% in April 2020. The…

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Commission launches Youth Employment Support: a bridge to jobs for the next generation

The European Commission is taking action to give young people all possible opportunities to develop their full potential to shape the future of the EU, and thrive in the green…

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ILO warns jobs figures worse than feared

The pandemic has taken a much heavier toll on jobs than previously feared, the UN says, warning the situation in the Americas is particularly dire. In a fresh study, the…

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