US unemployment rate down to 7.2% in September

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 18:58

The US jobless rate fell to 7.2 percent in September from 7.3 percent the month before, despite tepid numbers for job creation, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

US job growth lost momentum before budget fight hit

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 18:55

US employers added far fewer than expected workers in September, suggesting a loss of momentum in the economy that supported the Federal Reserve`s decision to maintain its monthly bond purchases.

US unemployment rate remains unchanged at 7.6%

Last Updated: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 00:04

US unemployment rate in June has remained unchanged at 7.6 per cent as more than 195,000 jobs were added to the economy this month, latest official figures said on Friday.

British unemployment drops to 2.51 million: Official data

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 17:14

The number of unemployed people slid by 5,000 to 2.51 million in the quarter starting in February compared with the three months to the end of January, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.

Unemployment rate rises in eurozone, eases in US: OECD

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 00:21

This worked out at a steady unemployment rate of 8.0 percent, but in the eurozone the rate rose by 0.1 percentage points to a record 12.2 percent.

Spain to get time till 2016 to reduce deficit: EU

Last Updated: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 15:00

Spain's unemployment rate hit 27.16 percent in the first quarter of this year, with the number of jobless people topping 6 million for the first time, according to the National Statistics Institute.

US unemployment rate falls to four-year low at 7.5%

Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2013, 22:09

The US unemployment rate has dropped to a four-year low of 7.5 percent, as the economy added 165,000 jobs in April, latest official figures released Friday said.

Australia's unemployment rate at 5.4%

Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 14:51

Australia's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.4 percent in February, data released Thursday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed.

Japan's jobless rate goes up

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 14:13

The unemployment rate in Japan increased 0.1 percent from the previous month to 4.2 percent in December 2012, according to data released by the government.

Brazil's jobless rate falls

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 14:05

Brazil's average unemployment rate last year came in at 5.5 percent, the lowest level since stricter measurement criteria were adopted in 2002, the government said.

Spain's unemployment rate hit 26.02%, over 5.9 mn jobless

Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 10:07

Spain's unemployment rate hit 26.02 percent in 2012, with more than 5.9 million people jobless, the Spanish National Statistics Institute, or INE, said Thursday.