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US job growth hits pandemic lows as trade tensions rise
The US added 73,000 jobs last month - the weakest performance since the Covid pandemic. Economists were caught off guard, and earlier figures have been revised down. Democrats say President Trump’s trade policy is damaging business confidence and stalling hiring.
Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.
"Black workers are often last hired, first fired," said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation.
Over the past decade, Māori unemployment in Aotearoa New Zealand has reflected broader national economic trends, but ...
The unemployment rate for Pacific people is 12.1 percent, more than double the national average, and the Salvation Army says ...
Italy's unemployment rate fell to 6.3% in June from 6.5% in May, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Thursday, as a ...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday that the country's unemployment rate rose to 3.7% in June ...
Statistics NZ data today showed the unemployment rate increased to 5.2% in the June quarter, compared with 5.1% in the March ...
Economists expect the rate to have reached 5.3% in the June quarter, up from 5.1% for the March quarter. Westpac Senior Economist Michael Gordon told Ryan Bridge they expect the peak unemployment rate ...
New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in the June 2025 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. This compares with 5.1 percent in the March 2025 quarter ...
Big question marks still loom for the Fed, and while the jobs report last Friday was weak, the unemployment rate remains low.
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