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The article reports that the unemployment rate in the U.S. was around 13% in March 2020, its highest level since the Great Depression.

Report that the nation's unemployment rate dropped sharply in February 1989 to 5.1 percent.

IN unemployment, as in many other areas, Germany stands alone at the top of the euro zone. The European Union's statistical agency, Eurostat, reported this week that the unemployment rate among German adults fell to 5.1 percent in June, the lowest figure since the country was unified in 1991. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

31.2: The average length of time, in weeks, that the jobless were out of work in March, the longest span since the government began collecting that data in 1948. But the news was not all bad. Employers added 162,000 jobs last month, the biggest gain in nearly three years and the latest indication that the economy is turning around. Still, the unemployment remained at 9.7 percent, and the government predicts that rate will average 9.8 percent next year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In California and a handful of other states, one out of every five people who would like to be working full time is not now doing so. It is a startling sign of the pain that the Great Recession is inflicting, and it is largely missed by the official, oft-repeated statistics on unemployment. The national unemployment rate has risen to 9.5 percent, the highest level in more than a quarter-century. Yet it still excludes all those who have given up looking for a job and those part-time workers who want to be working full time. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Unemployment benefit rolls rose to a 26-year high in the last week of December, data showed on Thursday. The Labor Department said the number of people still on jobless rolls after drawing an initial week of aid jumped 101,000, to 4.61 million, in the week ended Dec. 27. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Comments on conflicting labor reports which show differing statistics on the self-employed. Rise in the number of self-employed workers; Contention that this is the primary reason the unemployment rate dropped; Conflicting surveys; Which one Wall Street listens to; Interpretation of the numbers.

Reports on statistics released by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics which shows a return to hiring by companies. Employment gains; Modesty of the gains; How the change in figures will play in the re-election bid of President George W. Bush who credits his tax refunds with the change; How many jobs the economy must add just to stay even with population growth.

Reports on the latest unemployment report and how it indicates an accelerating economic recovery in the United States. Economy pickup which is being seen in other markets; Job statistics from the government and what they mean; Increase in temporary jobs; Cautious expectations.

Reports on the first hints from Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, that interest rates may increase. Optimism from the growth of the U.S. economy and a gradual reduction in unemployment; Statement that Greenspan wishes to keep interest rates low for at least the next few months; Separate comments on the federal budget deficit.

Offers observations on conflicting methods used to evaluate employment statistics for New York. Dispute between Republicans and Democrats over these methods; Criticism of the statistical method favored by Democrats; Details of the statistics, which offer conflicting findings about employment.

Focuses on the increase in unemployment in New York City, which exceeded the state's original estimate. Factors contributing the high number of jobs lost, including the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the U.S. recession; Declines in business services and private employment.

Focuses on the job market in the United States as of November 3, 2001. Impact on employment of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.; Discussion of industries which have suffered the most; Which job markets are growing; Statistics of employment from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Reports that the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the U.S. unemployment rate rose sharply in August, 2001, which is the biggest one-month rise since 1995. Relationship between the unemployment rate and the possibility of an economic recession; Reaction of U.S. President George W. Bush to this information; Impact of this information on Wall Street trading.

Discusses the impact of an announcement about increased unemployment on stock markets in the United States. Report that the U.S. economy lost more than 223,000 jobs in April 2001, the most at any one time in ten years; Statistics from the U.S. Labor Department; How stock markets were not affected by the news.

Presents world news briefs as of December 14, 2000. Discussion of a sit in Seoul, South Korea which barricaded Kim Sang-Hun, president of the Kookmin Bank; Criticism of the United States decision to reduce quotas for imports of its textiles by China's trade ministry; Discussion of the unemployment rate in Great Britain; Others.

Reports on the unemployment rate in the United States as of November 4, 2000. How the unemployment rate remains at a 30-year low; Why American companies are continuing to add jobs; Statistics on the slowing of the economy, consumer confidence, and interest rates.

Presents business world briefs as of October 19, 2000. Discussion of Sony's decision to sell manufacturing operations in northern Japan and Taiwan to Solectron; Details of the third-quarter earnings of Brazil's Banco do Brasil; Unemployment rates of Great Britain; More.

Reports an increase in the number of people in the United States who describe themselves as independent or self-employed from 1998 to 2000. Reasons for the increase, including the low unemployment rate and the strength of the economy; Risks of being self-employed.

Discusses economic conditions in the United States as of October 2000. The low unemployment rate for September 2000; Jobs created in the U.S.; The decline in African-American unemployment; Assertion of some experts that the U.S. remains in an economic slowdown.

Offers global business news briefs as of October 6, 2000. Approval of diabetes drug, Starlix; Five-year low for German unemployment; Initial public offering of the German soccer club BV Borussia 09 Dortmund; Filing of an injunction by Mexican telephone company, Telefonos de Mexico; Others.

Presents update on world business as of June 10, 2000. Unemployment rate of Canada in May 2000; Inflation rate of Brazil in May 2000; Initial public offering of Mobile TeleSystems, a mobile telephone operator in Russia Federation; Sale of stakes in Korea Gas Corp., an importer of liquefied natural gas.

Focuses on the decline in the unemployment rate in the United States in early 2000. Fear of the US Federal Reserve that job shortages will lead to cause employers to raise labor costs or prices; Positive reaction of the stock market; Ability of employees to demand and receive stronger wages; Balance between labor productivity and rising wages.

Presents update on the business sector of the metropolitan areas in the United States as of January 20, 2000. Cost of the water park project at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey; Amount of the purchase deposit of real estate developer 960 Main LLC in Hartford, Connecticut; Unemployment rate of New Jersey in December 1999.

Reports on the rate of job growth in the United States as of December 1999. Rate exceeding previous expectations; Unemployment rate at a 30-year low; Unemployment rates for blacks and Hispanics; Average hourly earnings.

Focuses on United States Department of Labor statistics for April 1999. New jobs added; Unemployment; Unemployment among blacks and teenagers; Interpretation of statistics.

Reports that United States employers added 275,000 jobs to their payrolls in February of 1999. Impact of increased construction and consumer spending; Jobs added to the economy per year since November 1998; Increase in the unemployment rate; Forecasting for interest rates.

Focuses on January 1999 employment in the United States, according to a report released by the Labor Department on February 5, 1999. Comparison of the job gain to previous predictions; Current unemployment outlook; Types of jobs that were added; Regional unemployment figures.

Reports the increase in number of workers filing for state unemployment benefits in the United States. Estimated number of first-time jobless claims; Comments from Vincent Boberski of Dain Rauscher in Chicago, Illinois.

Highlights the increasing rate of unemployment in New York City, New York. Comments from John Tepper Marlin, the chief economist for the City Comptroller's officer; Statistics on businesses which are creating jobs; Concerns of city officials on unemployment.

Discusses the economic growth of the United States. Announcement of higher interest rates by Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve; Rate of unemployment in the US; Effects of technology on productivity and flexibility; Inflationary consequences of fast growth in the US.

Reports on the increase in initial jobless claims in the United States in the week ended May 1, 1999. Data on unemployment insurance benefits; Employment prospects for workers.

Presents business news briefs from around the world as of December 16, 1999. WestJet Airlines to compete with Air Canada in eastern Canadian cities; November 1999 decline of the unemployment rate in Great Britain; European Court of Justice's ruling on the ineligibility of Volkswagen AG for German state subsidies.

Reports on the increase in unemployment in the United States (US) for the week ended November 14, 1998. Number of employees who registered first-time claims for state unemployment funds according to the US Department of Labor; Jobless claims since mid-July.

Presents information on a survey by Challenger, Gray & Christmas on the number of planned job cuts by United States businesses in 1998. Increase in announced job cuts; Comments from John Challenger, the company's chief executive; Industries showing the rises in planned cuts; Total planned dismissals.

Reports on New Jersey's unemployment rate and on the plastic company Tenax Corporation. 1998 Unemployment rate in New Jersey; Violations committed by Tenax according to United States Federal safety inspectors.

States that employment decline in Germany during 1997. Statistical information on the decline, as reported by the German Statistics Office.

Focuses on a report released by the State Department of Labor which stated that New Jersey's unemployment rate fell below five percent in November 1997, for the first time in more than seven years. Statistical information on the decrease; Number of new jobs that New Jersey gained in November 1997.

Reports that during the week ended November 1, 1997, the number of United States workers applying for state unemployment benefits increased to the highest levels in two months. What the increase is a sign of; Statistical information on the increase; Remarks by Scott Brown, an economist at Raymond James & Associates in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Reports about the unemployment rate in New York City stated by the State Department of Labor. Percentage data of jobless rate; Changes in statewide unemployment rate.

Reports on the decline in jobless benefit claims as reported by the United States Labor Department on October 9, 1997. Amount of claims for benefits below 310,000; Expectations of analysts.

Reports that the Labor Department on July 10, 1997, reported an increase in the number of American workers filing first-time claims for jobless benefits. Number recorded by the Labor Department; Speculation on what could have caused the increase; What applications for unemployment insurance totaled; Views of analysts.

Reports that the unemployment rate in New York City decreased during May, 1997. Statistical information on the decrease; Reference to the statewide jobless rate.

States that during the month of May 1997, unemployment in Great Britain decreased to its lowest level. Analysts' expectations; Statistical information on the decrease; Labor Government's response to the decrease.

Presents information from a report released by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which revealed that one fifth of persons in the 45 to 54 age group worked for the same employer for 20 years or more. Case of Lea Wait and AT&T; How Custom Coach, an Ohio company, views its longterm employees; Other findings revealed in the report.

Says that New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania stand to reap tens of millions of dollars from a revamping of the government's Current Population Survey from which unemployment rates are calculated. More money for training and placement; Some states to lose out; New York the biggest potential winner.

Shows statistics on unemployment in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut--the average time on unemployment, the unemployment rate and the average weekly benefit.

Reports on the drop in unemployment in Germany in October, 1994. Unemployment data by the Federal Labor Office of Germany.

Reports on the figures of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department on October 1994 employment rates in New York City, State and other states. Details of statistics; Comments of economists on the trend in each state.

Reports decline in stocks with the release of Government report on November 4, 1994, that unemployment rate had fallen to a four-year low. Reasons for the fall in stocks; Movement of United States dollar, indexes and company stocks on the New York Stock Exchange; Trading volume; Experts' views on the market; Situation in Tokyo.