Sentences with phrase «month fall in unemployment»

The largest three - month fall in unemployment since 2000 will help distract ministers from looming strikes over public sector job cuts.

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Economists expect similar job gains in March, in part because a measure of unemployment benefit applications fell this month to a five - year low.

The unemployment rate in Western Australia was unchanged at 6.1 per cent in September, however it disguised a fall in employment as the number of people working fell by over 9,000 during the month.

Western Australia's unemployment rate has fallen by a surprising 0.9 per cent in the month of December, while job numbers were up for a record - equalling 15th consecutive month nationwide, with economists giving positive assessments of the labour market.

Despite disappointing job growth last month, the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since early 2008, sharpening the debate within the Federal Reserve over whether to raise interest rates when policy makers meet in two weeks.

The Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate in May fell to 7.8 per cent in the three months to May, 0.2 percentage point lower than the previous two - month period.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment aid fell to its lowest since 1973, and the U.S. trade deficit narrowed for the first time in seven months.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to near a six - month low last week, pointing to a further tightening in the labor market that could encourage the Federal Reserve to lay...

Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level since 2008, and the state has reported 17 consecutive months of gain in private - sector jobs, now totaling more than 7.5 million.

A broad measure of unemployment and underemployment that includes Americans in part - time jobs who want full - time work, in addition to discouraged individuals who have stopped looking for work, fell last month.

The European Union's statistics agency Eurostat said Wednesday that unemployment in the 19 countries that use the euro fell to 8.5 percent in February from 8.6 percent the month before.

The recent increase in participation has been associated with some rise in the measured unemployment rate, which had fallen unusually quickly in earlier months.

Just five months ago, the bank's new governor pledged that the BoE would not consider tightening monetary policy until unemployment fell to 7 per cent so long as inflationary pressures remained in check.

An average of more than 160,000 jobs were added per month in the second half of 2004 and the unemployment rate fell from 5.6 per cent to 5.4 per cent in December.

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Based on the surge in firms reporting difficulties filling job vacancies, we suspect the unemployment rate fell to just 4.2 % in August, with further declines looking likely over the coming months.

Over recent months the unemployment rate has fallen to 5.6 per cent, after it had moved in a narrow band of between 6 and 6 1/4 per cent for most of the past year.

Employment minister Caroline Flint said: «It's great to see the number claiming unemployment benefit fall for the 14th month in a row to reach its lowest level for over 30 years.»

Unemployment fell marginally in the first three months of the year, figures out today have shown, in a boost to the coalition.

The Conservatives have accused Labour of seeking to «talk down the economy» by latching on to the recent youth unemployment figures when the total number out of work in the UK fell by 97,000 to 1.86 million in the three months to December.

Also, there have indeed been tax cuts during Cuomo's four years in the governor's office, and according to data released today by the state Department of Labor, the statewide unemployment rate has fallen from 7.4 percent in September 2013 to 5.6 percent last month.

Late last month, the New York State Department of Labor announced that the borough's unemployment rate had fallen to fell to 6.6 percent in April 2016, down from 7.9 percent in March 2016 and 7.8 percent in in April 2015.

Just five days after reporting that the Buffalo Niagara job market had its worst month for job growth in seven years during September, the state Labor Department said the local unemployment rate fell to a 10 - year low of 4.9 percent last month.

Commenting on figures published today showing unemployment in Wales fell by 6,000 in the 3 months to February 2014, Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Economy Minister, said:

Unemployment has fallen to 2.46 million in the three months to November, down 7,000 on the previous three months - the first fall since the recession began.

As the unemployment rate continues to drop (fell to 7.4 percent this month from 7.6 percent in July), coupled with the fact the Federal Reserve could end its cycle of quantitative easing (purchasing of mortgage securities keeping rates low), confidence in credit products will slowly start to expand, especially if the mortgage market as we know it ceases to exist with the exit of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.6 % last month, down from a recession high of 10 % in 2009.

Employment in the prior two months was revised up 86,000 and the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent, marking the lowest rate since January 2009.»

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Employers in the UK are taking on more work experience students, expanding their graduate schemes and looking to hire more apprentices, according to new research that predicts youth unemployment will fall over coming months.

The unemployment rate for graduates six months after leaving university is 5.7 %, a significant fall from 6.3 % in 2015

The fall months of 2011 brought improvement nationwide and also led to hiring in Idaho which accounts for the 8.5 % unemployment numbers posted by the Department of Labor in November 2011.

«This increase in prices is offsetting the improvement in other components of the Index that boost consumer purchasing power, including a steadily falling tax burden, a sustained drop in initial unemployment claims over the past several months and signs of stabilization in the housing market.»

Unemployment claims fell last winter as well, and job growth spiked in the early months last year only to fizzle by summer as shocks from the global economy and domestic politics undercut confidence.

The end of 2011 brought good news on the nation's economic front, with unemployment in December falling to its lowest level in three years and the economy adding 200,000 jobs during the same month.