Confirming unemployment rate projected in a pre-election leaked report, the government Friday said joblessness in the country was 6.1 per cent of the total labour force during 2017-18, the highest in 45 years.

Unemployment rate hits a 45-year high, up 6.1 per cent in 2017-18: Government data

Confirming unemployment rate projected in a pre-election leaked report, the government Friday said joblessness in the country was 6.1 per cent of total labour force during 2017-18, the highest in 45 years.

Unemployment rate at 6.1% in 2017-18, confirms government data

South Africa’s May 8 election will decide the future of the ANC while Unemployment, corruption remain main issue. Watch full video to know more.

South Africa election on 8 May; Unemployment, corruption main issues

The United States had another giant month of job creation in April, confirming the strength of the world's largest economy as President Donald Trump prepares to fend off challengers in next year's election.

US job creation surges in April as unemployment hits 49-year low

British employment has reached a record-high level, shaking off stubborn uncertainty surrounding the UK's departure from the European Union, official data showed on Tuesday.

UK employment at record high despite Brexit uncertainty: Govt data

The United States' headline unemployment rate edged down to 3.8 per cent in February, although only 20,000 new jobs were created last month in the world's largest economy, the Labor Department reported Friday.

US unemployment rate falls to 3.8% in February; job growth slows sharply

The global unemployment rate inched down last year, the UN said Wednesday, warning though that jobs often failed to guarantee decent living, with some 700 million workers wallowing in poverty.

Global unemployment down, but too many working poor: UN

Clearing the air about the news report that stated India had recorded a 45-year high unemployment rate, NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday that the government has not yet released any official data on unemployment as the data was still in process.

Government has not yet released any official data on unemployment: NITI Aayog on job report

The US economic engine brushed past last month's Hurricane Michael to continue its robust job creation while giving workers a fat pay bump, the government reported Friday.

US adds 250,000 jobs in October; unemployment rate steady

The US jobless rate tumbled in September to its lowest level since December 1969, even as job creation slowed, likely due in part to Hurricane Florence, the government reported Friday.

US unemployment falls to 48-year low in September

The jobless rate fell to 3.8 per cent from 3.9 per cent in the prior month, the lowest level since April 2000

US unemployment falls to 3.8% in May, lowest in 18 years

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 7,000 to a seasonally adjusted 222,000 for the week ended February 17

US jobless claims drop to near 45-year low

The world's largest economy added 200,000 net new positions in the month, more than expected, driven by gains in construction, retail, restaurants and health care, the Labour Department reported

US adds 200,000 new jobs in January

Nasscom claimed that 1,70,000 new jobs had been created in the recently ended financial year and predicted that up to three million new positions would be added by 2025

India's IT industry body Nasscom dismisses mass layoff reports

Saudi Arabia wants to 'Saudise' its public sector by 2020 to ensure more jobs for locals. So how many of them don't have jobs?

Infographic: Unemployment hits Saudi Arabia, govt aims at 'Saudization'

A total of 12.3 million people are looking for work at the end of 2016, a third more than in the last quarter a year earlier

Brazil: Unemployment at new high, touches 12% in last quarter of 2016

The single currency, he says, takes away member states' ability to make crucial adjustments to their economies

Euro the root of all eurozone's ills, says economist Joseph Stiglitz

Swaraj's response came after an Indian, Imran Khokhar, had tweeted that 800 unemployed nationals were starving in Saudi Arabia

Indian foreign minister reaches out to help 10,000 stranded in Jeddah

In the country's biggest protest in a decade, people stay home and businesses close amid unemployment, cash shortage, corruption and drought

Zimbabwe shuts down to protest financial collapse

The declining number of foreigners working in Indonesia due to the slump in commodity prices is causing a parallel job shortage for locals

Empty houses and jobless housekeepers: Indonesia's expat exodus harms the economy

Critics say that the bulk of jobs created in Spain in the recent past are short-termed and offer low wages

Spain struggles to reduce unemployment, debt despite growth

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