Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. The U.S. unemployment rate is released on the first Friday of every month for the preceding month. The current and past ...

South Africa’s unemployment rate may have dropped, but the expanded definition of unemployment remains incredibly high.

Let’s keep the record straight on the basics. We are all for baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet. We all want people who merit positions (as long as “merit” is not “code” for not hiring or ...

South Africa’s economic growth remains incredibly weak, but the latest data points to a perennial poor performer.

Nikanor Nangolo The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has strongly defended the credibility of its 2023 labour force report, released on 29 January, dismissing claims of data manipulation and ...

The Congress of South African Trade Unions has noted the latest quarterly employment statistics that shows that the unemployment rate rose by 7,5 percentage points to 30,8%, the highest figure on ...

AndreyPopov / Getty Images Jobless claims are a statistic reported weekly by the U.S. Department of Labor that counts people filing to receive unemployment insurance benefits. There are two ...

The other member states' unemployment rates are below 30%, including Botswana (24.4%), Lesotho (16.9%), Angola (15.8%) and Zimbabwe (11.5%). Namibia's rate has been disputed by economists and experts, ...

Thus resulting in an unemployment rate of 26,4%, absorption rate of 43,2% and labour force participation rate of 58,6%. The formal sector accounted for the largest share of employment at 69,8% while ...

Stagflation is a mix of low output, high unemployment and stubbornly rising prices that can inflict damage on businesses and ...