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Christine Ji   


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Our bend-don't-break economy is reaching its limit

After a year of resiliency in the face of high interest rates, the cracks are showing in the US eco…

Dan DeFrancesco   


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UK labor market adds 160,000 jobs in October, boosting chances the Bank of England will hike interest rates

The UK's labor market strengthened in October, potentially easing concerns at the Bank of England a…

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The UK unemployment rate fell to an eight-month low in April as pubs and restaurants reopened

The UK jobs market brightened in April and May, data showed, with unemployment falling, payroll num…

Harry Robertson   


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Global stocks rise after Fed officials suggest inflationary pressures will be temporary

The US is still 8 million jobs short of pre-pandemic levels and that gap will have to narrow a lot …

Shalini Nagarajan   


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The number of Brits on payrolls surged by 356,000 in June as the economy reopened and hospitality boomed

The UK hospitality sector sharply increased its hiring in June after COVID-19 restrictions were loo…

Harry Robertson   


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UK job vacancies climb above 1 million for the first time ever as labor shortage intensifies

The UK economy is bouncing back, but companies in sectors such as hospitality and entertainment are…

Harry Robertson   


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UK unemployment rate hits 4-year high in final quarter of 2020 but data shows 'tentative' signs of stabilizing

Despite the rise in UK unemployment, the data office said that company payrolls had risen slightly …

Harry Robertson   


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The UK unemployment rate dropped to 4.8% in the first quarter as the country prepared to reopen from lockdown

The unemployment rate was flattered by people that stopped job-hunting during lockdown, but separat…

Harry Robertson   


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UK unemployment rate slips unexpectedly to 4.9% in February, but payroll numbers fall ahead of reopening

The data painted a mixed picture of the UK jobs market ahead of the gradual reopening of the econom…

Harry Robertson   


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UK unemployment hits its highest since 2016 just as several parts of the country return to strict lockdown before the holidays

The number of people unemployed in the three months to October rose by 241,000, taking the jobless …

Shalini Nagarajan   


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UK unemployment rate unexpectedly falls to 5% in January as the country looks ahead to reopening

The jobless figures beat economists' expectations, and suggested the labor market is stabilizing as…

Harry Robertson   


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Ex-Treasury chief Larry Summers warns the Fed may need to hike rates above 5% to defeat inflation - and sees unemployment spiking to 6%

The veteran economist predicted a painful US recession, slammed the British government, and issued …

Theron Mohamed   


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Nobel laureate Paul Krugman predicts a swift, sustained economic recovery once vaccines are rolled out

"I'm in the camp that expects rapid growth once people feel safe going out and spending money," Nob…

Theron Mohamed   


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UK unemployment nears 2-year high in July, as pandemic claims 750,000 jobs since March

The number of employees on payroll fell by 695,000 since March, despite the three months to July ma…

Shalini Nagarajan   


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The UK has laid out a $65 billion package of tax rises and spending cuts to restore faith after political upheaval and a market storm

Finance minister Jeremy Hunt unveiled a new budget as the UK battles to rebuild its economic credib…

George Glover   


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Almost 650,000 people in Britain lost their jobs in the past 3 months, and job vacancies hit an all-time low

The number of paid employees fell by 649,000 between March and June, according to data from the ONS…

Shalini Nagarajan   


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Millions of people who left the US job market last year plan to stay away in an act of 'long social distancing,' fanning the flames of inflation

The study by a group of economists showed around three million people plan to avoid in-person worki…

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I'm a 24-year-old suffering from long COVID. I get seizures, I can't drink or drive, and have had to move back in with my parents.

Alex Bishop got the coronavirus in December 2020. It triggered an old brain injury and epilepsy, le…

Elle Hardy