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Opinion

2020-21: Overstatement of employment

The labour force survey for 2020-21 has been released recently by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Despite...

Published 06 May, 2022 05:03am

World

Eurozone unemployment hits new historic low in March

BRUSSELS: The unemployment rate in the eurozone reached its lowest level ever recorded in March, the EU’s official...

Published 03 May, 2022 05:31pm

World

India’s jobless rate rises to 7.83% in April

NEW DELHI: India’s unemployment rate rose to 7.83% in April from 7.60% in March, data from the Centre for Monitoring...

Published 01 May, 2022 06:44pm

Business & Finance

FPCCI team to meet Nawaz in London

LAHORE: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) a high-profile delegation headed by its...

Published 24 Apr, 2022 05:36am

Opinion

For Biden’s battered approval, ‘nothing else matters’ like inflation

Historically low joblessness is the kind of thing American leaders dream of, but President Joe Biden also has...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

Business & Finance

Pak-Turkish trade volume crosses $1.1bn mark: PTJBC

KARACHI: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has appreciated the incessant and collective efforts of the...

Published 02 Apr, 2022 04:14am

Business & Finance

Strong US employment gains expected in March; jobless rate seen falling to 3.7%

WASHINGTON: US job growth likely continued at a brisk clip in March, with the unemployment rate falling to a new...

Published 01 Apr, 2022 11:49am

World

China unemployment jumps as Covid surge disrupts business

BEIJING: Unemployment in China rose and youth unemployment spiked in the first months of the year, data showed...

Published 15 Mar, 2022 11:50am

Pakistan

PPP leader optimistic about Feb 27 ‘long march’ protest’s prospects

LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party Punjab president Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Tuesday said ...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Pakistan

PIDE releases research report on unemployment

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) has released its latest report on unemployment in the...

Published 07 Feb, 2022 05:22am

BR Research

Moderating confidence

In the latest post-MPS analyst briefing of the SBP, one word, like a euphemism, kept coming up: moderation. The...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 07:45am

World

Spain's unemployment drops to lowest since before financial crisis

MADRID: Spanish unemployment fell in the fourth quarter to its lowest since the onset of the financial crisis of...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 02:12pm

World

French unemployment hits near-decade low in 2021

PARIS: The number of unemployed people in France fell to its lowest in almost ten years in late 2021, official data...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 08:49pm

BR Research

Towards universal health care?

Health is an essential component of the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs). The SDG 3.8 specifically aims to...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 08:02am

BR Research

Poverty-stricken world

The first goal of United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) is ending poverty in all forms by 2030....

Published 29 Dec, 2021 07:56am

BR Research

SDG report card

Still trying to emerge from the pandemic, countries’ progress on many of the SDGs has halted and backtracked due ...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 08:01am

Print

Fed sees three interest rate hikes in 2022

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve, signalling its inflation target has been met, said on Wednesday it would end its...

Updated 16 Dec, 2021 10:43am

Pakistan

Shehbaz slams PTI govt over rising inflation

LAHORE: Slamming the PTI government, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday...

Published 15 Dec, 2021 06:34am

Markets

In year-end meetings, top central banks may diverge over inflation, Omicron

Major central banks meet this week to assess risks from the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus even as they...

Published 14 Dec, 2021 12:44pm

World

Turkish unemployment dips to 11.2% in Oct, underutilisation up

ISTANBUL: Turkey's unemployment rate fell to 11.2% in October from a revised 11.4% a month earlier, while a...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 12:20pm

Pakistan

TI-P survey describes police as ‘most corrupt department’

ISLAMABAD: The National Corruption Perception Survey (NCPS) 2021 conducted by the Transparency Internati-onal-...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am

Print

Govt says expecting 5pc growth

Energy minister says government made the national economy stable and a record increase in foreign remittance is being witnessed

Updated 05 Dec, 2021 11:09am

Pakistan

PPP says govt going to drop ‘Rs600bn mini-budget bomb’ on people

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) said Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) government is going to drop Rs600...

Published 04 Dec, 2021 04:23am

World

S. Africa sets new unemployment record of 34.9 percent

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's unemployment rate rose again in the third quarter of 2021 to set a new record of 34.9...

Updated 30 Nov, 2021 06:23pm

Pakistan

Audio, video recordings: PBC demands ‘independent’ inquiry commission

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) demanded that an independent Inquiry Commission, comprising a former chief...

Published 25 Nov, 2021 03:53am

World

New US jobless aid claims drop below pre-pandemic level: govt

WASHINGTON: In a milestone in the US economy's recovery from the pandemic, the government said Wednesday new claims...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 08:01pm

Pakistan

PML-N terms gas crisis ‘criminal negligence’ of govt

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and leader of the opposition in the National Assembly...

Published 21 Nov, 2021 04:19am

Business & Finance

KATI says it’s concerned at PKR slide

KARACHI: Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) President Salman Aslam has expressed concern over high...

Published 17 Nov, 2021 04:22am

Business & Finance

Consumer Confidence Index declines to 70.8 points in Q3

KARACHI: Pakistan Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) has declined sharply 19.6 percent to 70.8 points in July-Sep of...

Published 09 Nov, 2021 04:48am

Print

Fed turns focus to rate debate

WASHINGTON: US Federal Reserve officials on Monday turned their focus towards a debate over interest rate policy ...

Updated 09 Nov, 2021 09:50am