Sentences with phrase «lower jobless benefits»

They include value - added tax hikes, lower jobless benefits, wage cuts for state employees and billions of euros in savings from local government reforms.

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The package mixed economic and social spending, helping states train displaced workers, for example, extending jobless benefits and assisting with low - income housing.

While other data on Thursday showed a modest increase in new applications for jobless benefits last week, the number of Americans receiving unemployment aid fell to its lowest level since 1973, pointing to tightening labor market conditions.

In recent months we have seen Harriet Harman try to secure the right for MPs to spend our money on what they like and not tell us about it and government MPs continue to ask for over infl ation pay rises and huge increases in allowances, while at the same time tightening the screw on low paid public servants and jobless people on benefits.

High unemployment is a problem that seems all bad, he says, but if you approach it from a side door — perhaps profiling people who have founded new business and learned new skills or industries that have benefited from the downturn — it turns into a story that can inspire others, and maybe even lower the jobless rate faster.

On Thursday, the Labor Department said new applications for U.S. jobless benefits increased more than anticipated, but the number of Americans on unemployment fell to its lowest level since 1973.

was finally released, the pound jumped even higher as a knee - jerk reaction because the report looked good on the surface, with the jobless rate for the three months to September unchanged at a record low 4.3 % and the number of people who claimed unemployment benefits increasing only by 1.1 K in October, which is less than the expected 2.9 K increase.

And when the U.K.'s latest jobs report was finally released, the pound jumped even higher as a knee - jerk reaction because the report looked good on the surface, with the jobless rate for the three months to September unchanged at a record low 4.3 % and the number of people who claimed unemployment benefits increasing only by 1.1 K in October, which is less than the expected 2.9 K increase.

Fueling the uptick: a promising jobs market, with the unemployment rate at a three - year low and first - time claims for jobless benefits falling last week to a four - year low, according to a Labor Department report Thursday.

Newer loans are benefiting from rising property prices, tighter underwriting requirements and the lowest jobless rate in seven years, while mortgages originated before the real estate bust are still moving through foreclosure.