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Slowing rural incomes could weigh on consumer demand: Dhananjay SinhaHeadline rural wage growth in India is misleading, with underlying increases significantly lower than reported. Rising inflation, reverse m...
China's May retail sales fall for first time in over three yearsChina's economy shows a worrying split in May. While factories are humming with strong exports, consumer spending took a hit, with retail s...
Crypto market crash: Why Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum and altcoins are down today? Latest crypto market news and price analysis as BTC falls below $60,000, ETH plunges nearly 12%, and the Nasdaq Crypto Index drops almost 7%Why is the crypto market down today? Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Litecoin, and major altcoins plunged as ETF demand weakened. The cryptocurrenc...
Over $150,000 income, safety from layoffs: This one profession could be one of the safest jobs as AI anxiety risesAs layoffs continue across major tech companies investing heavily in AI, one profession is seeing the exact opposite trend. Elevator mechan...
Australia’s new migration policy backs skilled workers and onshore applicants for permanent residencyAustralia will maintain its permanent migration intake at 1.85 lakh for 2026-27. The nation prioritizes skilled migrants and those already ...
US Stock Market: Fed’s Goolsbee flags rising inflation risks after weak April dataChicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee raised concerns over rising U.S. services inflation, saying recent data showed price pressures moving...
"Biggest drop in history": Trump credits tariffs for bringing down US trade deficit by 55%Former President Donald Trump highlighted a substantial decrease in America's trade deficit. He attributed this reduction, along with robus...
US job market sees addition of 151,000 jobs in February; unemployment rises to 4.1%The US labour market was steady in February, with 151,000 jobs created, just short of forecasts, and the unemployment rate increasing to 4....
US Social Security Administration announces largest increase in cost-of-living adjustment for 2023. Check details hereThe Social Security Administration has announced an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment, affecting the perks obtained by over 70 million America...
Labour Bureau begins data digitisation with CPI for industrial workers compendiumWhile releasing the compendium, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour & Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar said it is a first of ...
Government working on creating database of migrant labourers: Union minister Gangwar"We always talk about estimated figures about them (labourers). But today the need is to create such a database about migrant labourers so ...
Labour ministry to give statutory powers to the labour bureauLabour bureau was established as Directorate of Cost of Living at Shimla in 1941 with the objective of conducting family budget enquiries a...
India to strengthen Labour Bureau and NSSO to track national job growthThe method would include creating dedicated cells in 15-20 ministries, responsible for data collection and hiring professionals to exclusiv...
Good numbers make good policies: Reliable jobs data will help India overcome its jobless growth problemThe last time India carried out a focussed and comprehensive estimation of the employment situation nationwide was in 2012 through the 68th...
Government sets up a high-level task force to compute timely data on employmentIndia suffers from a lack of reliable data on employment which has made it difficult for policy makers to assess the extent of employment g...
Indian-American women earn more than white men in US: ReportIndian-American women earn more on average when compared to non-Hispanic white men in the US, according to a new report.
Labour Bureau to revise outdated wage, price indicesThe Labour Bureau has woken up to the need to revise wage and price indices, some of which have not been changed for almost half a century.
Unemployment lowest in Gujarat, highest in Goa: SurveyIndia's official unemployment rate was 3.8% for the last year and higher for urban than rural areas according to statistics released by the...
- China to retain advantage despite India's demographic rise
China would retain its economic advantage against India in the next two decades despite decline in population and the labour force, a top C...
- Philippines unemployment falls to 7.5%: Govt
Unemployment in the Philippines fell to 7.5 percent in April from 8.0 percent a year earlier, according to the latest jobs data released Tu...