The unemployment rate climbed to 4.25 percent last month, from 4.18 percent in January, as companies shed temporary staffers after the Lunar New Year holiday, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said yesterday. “The number of people who lost seasonal or temporary jobs rose...

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South Korea’s workforce swelled in February as the economy’s resilience to a Europe-induced export slump helped spur more people to look for jobs, pushing up the unemployment rate by the most in two years. The number of employed people increased by 51,000 to 23.8 million last...

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The unemployment rate in Australia came in at a seasonally adjusted 5.2 percent in February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday - matching forecasts and up from 5.1 percent in January. The employment change saw a decline of 15,400 - well shy of forecasts...

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-- Hong Kong's unemployment rate rises to 3.4% in the December-February period from 3.2% in November-January period -- Economists were expecting 3.3% unemployment -- Economists say the cloudy global outlook could prompt employers to be more cautious about hiring in coming months, pushing up the jobless rate (Recasts...

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AUSTRALIA'S unemployment rate fell to a lower than expected 5.1 per cent in January, from 5.2 per cent in December 2011. At the same time, the number of employed rose 46,300 to 11.464 million, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. Economists on average had expected an...

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Singapore's unemployment rate fell to a 14-year low last year, supported by strong job creation. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said the jobless rate in December was unchanged from a quarter ago, at 2 per cent. The key findings of the ministry's "Employment Situation 2011" report showed...

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Japan's jobless rate rose in January and the availability of jobs improved, suggesting firms remain cautious about hiring due to uncertainty about the global economic outlook. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.6 percent from a revised 4.5 percent in December, figures from the Internal...

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Hong Kong's unemployment rate dipped to 3.2% in the three-month period ended Jan. 31, beating market expectations, as vibrant business activity in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday boosted labor demand. Still, economists said the uncertain global economic outlook is weighing on hiring sentiment...

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Taiwan's jobless rate for October edged slightly higher to 4.3 percent from a month ago, mainly because of more factory closures. The increase may seem small, but keep in mind that October is traditionally a high season for Taiwan's exports, so that is not a good...

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South Korea’s unemployment rate held near a three-year low last month as the service sector, wholesalers and retailers hired more workers. The jobless rate was at 3.2 percent in September, compared with 3.1 percent in August, Statistics Korea said today in Gwacheon, south of Seoul. That...

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Preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Manpower show that total employment grew by 32,300 in the third quarter of this year. Nearly two-thirds of the employment gains (67 per cent) were from services which contributed 21,900 jobs. Construction added 6,600, while manufacturing employment rose by 3,500. Layoffs remained...

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The seasonally adjusted Australian unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent in October, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. The ABS reported the number of people employed increased by 10,100 to 11,462,300 in October. The increase in employment was driven by an increase...

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Hong Kong’s unemployment rate stayed at the lowest level in 13 years, bolstering the city’s growth and helping it avoid a recession. The rate for the three months ended September was 3.2 percent, unchanged from the period through August, the government said on its website today....

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Japan's unemployment rate rose to 4.5 percent in October from 4.1 percent in September for the first deterioration in three months, reflecting the continuing severe employment conditions in the country. The deterioration came partly because people who had temporarily given up searching for jobs, especially women,...

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Japan’s jobless rate rose for a second month and retail sales dropped, underscoring the challenge for incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in securing Japan’s recovery from the March 11 earthquake. The unemployment rate rose to 4.7 percent in July as payrolls fell by 40,000 from a...

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With job creation slowing down, Singapore's overall unemployment rate increased to 2.1 per cent in June. Total employment in Singapore was up by 24,800 in the second quarter, higher than the preliminary estimate of 22,800 released in July. The Manpower Ministry (MOM) in its latest labour market...

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Australia's unemployment rate rose to its highest level in almost a year in August with the job markets in the major mining states of Queensland and Western Australia hardest hit, building the case for a cut in interest rates. Unemployment rose to a higher-than-expected 5.3% in...

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Hong Kong said Septmber 20 its unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest in more than 13 years thanks largely to a strong local economy, but analysts warned the figure could rise again. The unemployment rate for the June-August period fell to 3.2 percent, from 3.4...

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Minister for Jobs, Senator Chris Evans said today’s ABS Labour Force figures confirms that Australia’s unemployment rate remains low, at a rate the envy of the developed world. Figures released today by the ABS show that the unemployment rate rose by just 0.1 percentage points to...

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Japan's unemployment rate rose to a seasonally adjusted 4.6 percent in June, following the negative impact of the March 11 disasters on the nation's labor market, the Ministry of Communications and Internal Affairs said in a report on Friday. According to the ministry, those unemployed in...

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Hong Kong's unemployed declined in the three months ended July, and was below economists'' forecast, preliminary data released by the Census and Statistics Department showed Thursday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate edged down to 3.4 percent in the May-July period from 3.5 percent in the April-June...

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Taiwan had 496,000 jobless citizens in July 2011, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 4.41%, increasing by 0.06 percentage point on month but decreasing by 0.79 percentage point on year, according to statistics released by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on August...

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Singapore's unemployment rate rose to 2.1 per cent in June from 1.9 per cent in March as employment growth slows and graduates enter the job market. The latest statistics show the labour market easing but experts said that's not surprising, given the phenomenal economic growth Singapore...

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The unemployment rate in Australia came in at a seasonally adjusted 4.9 percent in May, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, matching both forecasts and the previous month's reading. The number of employed Australians missed estimates by a mile, however. Australia added just 7,800...

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Japan’s unemployment rate rose to 4.7% in April from 4.6% in March for the first deterioration in six months amid the impact from the massive earthquake and tsunami in March, the government said Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted figure remained at a level that the government considers...

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