Unemployment rate jumps more than a percentage point for Black women in November

Jobseekers talk to a recruiter at the Albany Job Fair in Latham, New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.  Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images The unemployment rate…

Greece to repay chunk of bailout debt early and touts recovery during anger over cost of living

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece will make an early repayment of 5 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in bailout-era debt in 2025, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told a banking conference in…

The week in charts: US polls, FMCG slowdown, CEO salaries

Every Friday, Plain Facts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by.  Republican…

US elections plays out on social media in India

Top business tycoons Harsh Goenka and Anand Mahindra led the ‘social’ brigade for Indian users on Wednesday, as Donald Trump ‘trumped’ Kamala Harris to claim the crown of the 47th…

US Elections 2024: From abortion to unemployment, A-Z glossary of presidential elections

US Election 2024: As the United States is voting on 5 November, here is the comprehensive glossary of factors, terms, and concepts from A to Z that influence U.S. presidential…

Jobless rate ticks higher in October for white Americans, bucking the broader trend

A jobseeker holds flyers during the New York Public Library’s annual Bronx Job Fair & Expo at the the Bronx Library Center in the Bronx borough of New York, US,…

U.S. jobs report October 2024:

Job creation in October slowed to its weakest pace since late 2020 as the impacts of storms in the Southeast and a significant labor impasse dented hiring plans. Nonfarm payrolls…

Friday’s jobs report is expected to show the slowest pace of hiring in years

Hiring signs outside a Stewart’s gas station in Catskill, New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.  Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Powerful hurricanes and a major labor…

China’s youth unemployment rate falls after climbing for two straight months

A person rides a bicycle with a child sitting in the basket in Beijing, China July 14, 2024. Tingshu Wang | Reuters The jobless rate for 16-to-24-year olds in China, excluding…

Job creation roared higher as payrolls surged by 254,000

The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in September, pointing to a vital employment picture as the unemployment rate edged lower, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls…