Super Mario: unemployment the unavoidable price
Is unemployment a price worth paying for keeping the euro on the road? I put the question to ECB President Mario Draghi.
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Unemployment increases for the third time in a row, amid warnings that there are likely to be more job losses in the months ahead.
The jobless total has risen by 70,000 to hit 2.56 million in the latest quarter to February this year, leading to claims that the jobs recovery is coming to an end.
Growth is down but employment is up. It’s a conundrum for economists. Can we rely on the jobless figures or is the government cooking the books? FactCheck finds out.
Excessive bureaucracy and central government control are hampering attempts at the local level to get more than a million young people into work, councils are claiming.
New figures released today show a record number of people in employment, but fears have been raised that rising self-employment figures are masking the true state of the job market.
Is unemployment a price worth paying for keeping the euro on the road? I put the question to ECB President Mario Draghi.
Unemployment falls to its lowest total for over a year, although there is an increase in the number of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance.
US employment falls to 7.8 per cent in September, giving a potential boost to Barack Obama during an election focused largely on economic leadership.
Unemployment falls by 46,000 between April and June to 2.56 million, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Much of the fall was recorded in London, suggesting an Olympics boost.
Unemployment falls by 65,000 between March and May to 2.58 million but the number of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance last month increases by 6,100.
As unemployment falls for the fourth month in a row, Channel 4 News looks behind the figures and finds a mixed picture.
The number of people out of work drops again, despite the recession and the crisis in the eurozone, but claims for unemployment benefit rise.
“The idea is that Labour used to cook the books by giving tens of thousands of young people a temporary government-subsidised job through the Future Jobs Fund.”
Venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft advises the government to cut red tape and make it easier to fire workers to save the economy. FactCheck doesn’t think it’ll do much good.
Unemployment falls by 45,000 to 2.63 million as a result of a rise in part-time workers. But the Bank of England cuts its growth forecast as the governor warns the eurozone is “tearing itself apart”.