Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Jobs are plentiful, workers are scarce

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Almost two years after the pandemic upended labour markets, job openings are plentiful in many advanced economies, yet workers have not fully returned. This gap, in which the employment rate is below its pre-Covid level, is playing out in the United States and the United Kingdom. Despite tight labour markets, as reflected in high vacancy-to-unemployment … Read more

UK unemployment drops as vacancies hit new high

LONDON: Britain’s unemployment rate has fallen further with the economy reopen; following a pandemic lockdown, with vacancies hitting a fresh peak, data showed on Tuesday. The unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 per cent in the three months to the end of September, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. That compared with a … Read more