Technological advances, less costly shipping and trade liberalisation have transformed the way in which companies make products and distribute them worldwide. Governments that become more open to trade and investment, and encourage innovation will help firms better integrate the global value chains that are driving growth in increasingly interconnected economies, according to new OECD research.

Improving France’s competitiveness is essential to boost the economic growth needed to create jobs and allow citizens and businesses to develop their full potential, according to a new OECD report.

After five years of work at every level to correct the fiscal, financial and external imbalances that led to the crisis, and to reinforce fiscal and financial institutions, the Euro Area is beginning to show signs of recovery. But, despite these positive signs, growth is still weak and uneven.

Changes to Italy’s political and institutional systems are crucial to ensuring the success of ambitious reforms currently underway to boost economic growth and raise living standards, according to a new OECD report.

France has begun implementing a series of important pro-growth structural policy measures, but boosting medium-term growth will require more ambitious action to reform the labour market, curb high levels of public spending and taxation and create jobs, according to the latest OECD Economic Survey of France.

South Africa has made impressive social progress over the past two decades, lifting millions of people out of poverty and broadening access to essential services like water, electricity and sanitation.

A well-functioning labour market is indispensable to promote job creation, increase living standards, and develop a cohesive society. In Italy, the various deficiencies of the labour market have resulted in high unemployment, low labour force participation and job-skill mismatch.

In many OECD countries, the labour market has yet to recover the lost ground suffered in the aftermath of the financial crisis. In some of them, unemployment has been persistently high, resulting in a very high incidence of long-term unemployment.

With weak domestic demand and a relatively low export share in the economy there is much potential to raise exports. Despite a recent pick-up Greek export performance deteriorated in the last decade particularly in the service sector and by much more than in the Euro area on average

Middle Eastern and North African countries should press ahead with further economic and structural reforms to boost flagging trade and investment, restore public trust and create jobs for the region’s young population, the OECD told ministers from the region today.

The Spanish economy is growing strongly, but there is a risk that many people are being left behind.

The job market continues to improve in the OECD area, with the employment rate finally returning to pre-crisis levels. But people on low and middle incomes have seen their wages stagnate and the share of middle-skilled jobs has fallen, contributing to rising inequality, according to a new OECD report.

The French economy is expanding, the labour market is recovering – albeit gradually - while productivity and the standard of living remain generally high, according to a new OECD report.

Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) GDP will shrink by between 0.9% and 1% in 2016, according to the latest estimates, the second consecutive year of negative growth and a rate of contraction the region has not seen since the early 1980s. According to the Latin American Economic Outlook 2017, the region should recover in 2017, but with modest GDP growth of between 1.5% and 2%, below expected growth in advanced economies.

In response to increasing pressure to deliver on growth, jobs and better governance, policy makers from MENA and OECD reiterated their support for measures to strengthen the business climate and governance in the region.

More than five years into an economic crisis which has taken on several names–from subprime crisis and financial crisis to great recession–no term accurately depicts the fundamental result of this economic turbulence: people facing hardship.

Middle Eastern and North African countries should press ahead with further economic and structural reforms to boost flagging trade and investment, restore public trust and create jobs for the region’s young population, the OECD told ministers from the region today.

Initial Jobless Claims in Ireland increased to 58000 Persons in April from 53992 Persons in March of 2020. Initial Jobless Claims in Ireland averaged 65049.41 Persons from 1967 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 196988 Persons in July of 2009 and a record low of 20203 Persons in September of 1967. This page provides - Ireland Jobseekers Benefit Claims- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Nigerian economy added 187,226 new jobs in the third quarter of 2016 after adding 475,180 a year earlier. The informal sector created 144,651 jobs, down 66.3 percent from last year but still accounting for 77.3 percent share. The public sector lost 7,012 jobs. The formal sector added 49,587 jobs, 19 percent more than a year earlier and representing 26.5 percent of total new jobs. Around 90 percent on new payrolls were created in human, health and social services sectors and agriculture and accommodation and food services. In the three months to June, the economy added 155,444 new jobs. Employment Change in Nigeria averaged 324042.07 Jobs from 2012 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 499521.00 Jobs in the fourth quarter of 2015 and a record low of 79465.00 Jobs in the first quarter of 2016. . This page provides - Nigeria Employment Change- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Rishi Sunak has vowed to avoid ‘cliff edge’ when programme ends next month

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Falling interest rates, weak trading volumes and automation have led to an exceptionally brutal summer for global investment banks, which have shed tens of thousands of jobs, particularly on trading desks. Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, discusses the bleak outlook for bankers with Robert Armstrong, US financial editor.

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Programmes should be flexible and help workers move to in-demand sectors

‘We will be a smaller company for a while,’ says chief David Calhoun

Aero-engine maker prepares for biggest single reduction of staff in more than 30 years

Parent company IAG warns it will take ‘several years’ to return to 2019 passenger levels

Europe’s largest low-cost airline expects return to 2019 passenger levels to take 2 years

Facebook is expanding its Community Help hub to better serve local communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The hub has already seen significant usage by those requesting food, supplies and information about local resources, as well as use by volunteers and groups willing to lend a hand. Now, Facebook is adding more features to the hub […]

Gulf between darkening Main Street and rebounding markets continues to widen

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Facebook is expanding its Community Help hub to better serve local communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The hub has already seen significant usage by those requesting food, supplies and information about local resources, as well as use by volunteers and groups willing to lend a hand. Now, Facebook is adding more features to the hub […]

The right candidate to fill your job may not actually be looking for a job right now. HireSweet, which is part of Y Combinator’s current class of startups, is trying to help companies find exactly these candidates that are perfect for a job but not actively looking. Like so many other recruiting platforms, the HireSweet […]

In the face of rising U.S. income inequality and concerns about job loss to automation, some of Silicon Valley’s best-known names including Y Combinator’s Sam Altman have spoken up in favor of a universal basic income that would give people a baseline standard of living in an economy that may not be able to produce […]

New blow to industry after Mnuchin casts doubt on restart for US air travel and Buffett exits airline stocks

Facebook is expanding its Community Help hub to better serve local communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The hub has already seen significant usage by those requesting food, supplies and information about local resources, as well as use by volunteers and groups willing to lend a hand. Now, Facebook is adding more features to the hub […]

This afternoon Airbnb, a well-known private company that connects travelers with places to stay, announced that it was laying off around a quarter of its workforce. The company cited revenue declines and a need to curtail costs in a memo that TechCrunch viewed. In the note, written by Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky, the […]

The bank is building a 470,000 sq ft office complex – the size of eight football pitches – by the River Clyde. There will be no redundancies amid the changes.

The company, founded by Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas, will set up a branch at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park in the city's east.

Britain’s third biggest supermarket is reported to have plans to slash around a tenth of Asda’s 2,500 jobs at its head office in Leeds, or around 250 roles.

New post-Brexit immigration laws in the UK will favour skilled English-speaking migrant workers over cheap unskilled labour from within the European Union.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Victory for either man will, not only condemn the other to a desperate attempt at catch-up between now and the end of the season, it could also mean the axe this summer.

The coach who led Greece to a shock Euros win in 2004 insists Jurgen Klopp could manage any team he wants in the future. The Liverpool boss has the Reds on track to win the league since 1990.

Steph, 30 and Matt Trott, 34, from Sussex, decided to leave their jobs as dog walkers to move to the small village of Houmeri, in Rethimno on Crete, where they only for during the summer months.

Around half of all US workers can earn more money collecting unemployment instead of their current jobs.The federal government ramped up unemployment benefits by $600 a week until the end of June, bringing the average weekly total to $978 a week — or $20 more than what many workers earned before the pandemic.Labor experts said the generous benefits are helping keep people home and tamping down the spread of the virus, which is what they were designed to do.But it could complicate efforts by businesses to hire in the short-run.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Nearly half of all American workers are set to earn better pay from unemployment than their current jobs, according to The Wall Street Journal.Under the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus law that Congress approved last

Federal Labor is calling on the Morrison government to release modelling of the economic impact of reducing the JobSeeker payment back to $40 per day.The...

Ex Geordie Shore star Scotty T has been slammed for encouraging fans to quit their jobs and earn more money from gambling, one month after being declared bankrupt.