According to the World Bank, the global unemployment rate was 5% in 2023, an improvement from 4.9% in 2024. The unemployment rate only takes into consideration the labor force. The labor force ...

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WASHINGTON — The outlooks for the U.S. and global economies have significantly ... of 2.7% and a full percentage point below its 2024 expansion. The IMF doesn’t expect a U.S. recession ...

And it has landed the US at the lonely center of a global trade war — the sole ... in good shape — unemployment is low and inflation has cooled to around 2.5% this year from a pandemic-era ...

Germany's export-driven economy was already struggling with weak global demand for ... Exports are expected to fall by 2.2% this year, following a 1.1% decline in 2024. Next year, exports are ...

Ireland’s unemployment ... “There was a fall of 5,700 in the seasonally adjusted number of people unemployed in April 2025 when compared with April 2024.” Overall, 4.0 per cent of men ...

Whanganui’s unemployment rate fell in the year to December 2024, bucking a rise in the national ... unemployment rate and filled jobs to fall at the same time because of people leaving the ...