Unemployment

Nikkei declines the most during the week as earnings reports disappointed investors.

All the largest eurozone economies except Germany are predicted to be in recession this year.

Analysts expect the US non-farm payrolls to increase by 140,000 workers after an 88,000 gain in March.

Analysts expect a 25 basis point cut in the benchmark interest rate at the ECB meeting.

Asia has shed previous week's gains after weak data from the US and China brought back global growth concerns.

Weak job data with unemployment rising to 12.1% expected to prompt European Central Bank to cut interest rates at next meeting.

Spain’s economy contracts for the seventh consecutive quarter as unemployment surges

Investors expect the ECB and the US Federal Reserve to continue their growth-supportive monetary policies.

Rising inflation in the county add to households' concerns about meeting budgets.

I was leaving Singapore which had been "home" for the previous 10 months and had asked the teller at the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank on Collyer Quay for the balance of my account in the form of a sterling draft. A little surprised, I was told that a manager would see me shortly and I was duly ushered into a rather plush interview room wondering what could possibly be amiss. My account was worth £360 in sterling which, using the retail price index, equates to £2,400 in 2013, so hardly a fortu...

Following roll-out of Universal Credit system, IBTimes UK looks at facts and fiction of British benefit culture.

Most Asian markets end week's trading on a higher note with corporate earnings reports bolstering investor confidence.

Economists expect US economy to grow by 3% in the first quarter, significantly higher than fourth-quarter growth rate.

Round-up of comments on UK's 0.3 percent growth in first quarter as triple-dip recession threat looks to have been avoided.

More than 6.2m jobless in Spain as youth unemployment passes 55 percent mark.

Duchess of Cambridge visits Wythenshawe's Willows Primary School to support mental health initiative Place2Be.

Investors await eurozone manufacturing activity data which is expected to decline in April.

Giorgio Napolitano becomes first two-term president after weekend vote that could mark end of political gridlock.

Daniel Craig and Sacha Baron Cohen are newcomers to a list dominated by foreign oligarchs.

The Anti-Clerical Pro Sex Toys group targeted an archbishop and conservative headteacher with exploding vibrators.

Different surveys predict the UK will avoid triple-dip recession.

Labour leader attacks Thatcher legacy as he compares UK in 2013 to 1979 doldrums

Carrefour's first-quarter sales rose 1.3 percent year-on-year to €20.83bn on constant currency.

ONS labour market data shows worsening picture for both employed and unemployed.

Wall Street's strong gains on positive economic data help European markets to open on a higher note.

Institute for Public Policy Research makes youth unemployment prediction and highlights London and North East as most affected regions.

From shoulderpads to Walkmans, IBTimes UK looks back at some of the other icons that defined the 80s along with the Iron Lady.

Report finds UK ranks 16th out of world's 29 most advanced economies for child well-being.

Riyadh moves to stem flow of Yemeni smugglers and illegal immigrants.

Markets open positive taking cues from a surprise jump in China's imports data.