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UK job vacancies fall 15% year-on-year in January, adzuna data shows
Date: February 26, 2024
UK job vacancies fall 15% year-on-year in January, Adzuna data shows LONDON (Reuters) – British employers advertised the fewest jobs in nearly three years last month, with numbers down 15% from a year ago, figures from recruitment data company Adzuna showed on Monday, adding to signs that the labour market is cooling. Last week Bank...
Why the US job market loves south africans
Date: February 15, 2024
Why the US job market loves South Africans After heading up a busy executive search firm with fellow director Barry Jansen van Rensburg, Jeremy Bossenger is looking to make a change and enter the US business ownership market to capitalize on the popularity of South African employees among US companies. Executive search and others in...
German economy expected to grow in 2024, official says
Date: February 13, 2024
German economy expected to grow in 2024, official says BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is not in recession and its economy is expected to grow in 2024, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s chief of staff, Wolfgang Schmidt, said on Tuesday. “We don’t have a recession. We are not seeing anything that normally accompanies a recession, such as unemployment....
New Zealand labour pressures ease slightly, jobs market still tight
Date: February 7, 2024
New Zealand labour pressures ease slightly, jobs market still tight By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand labour pressures have eased slightly but the country’s job market remains tight despite some cooling of the broader economy, according to data released by Statistics New Zealand on Wednesday. New Zealand’s jobless rate rose to 4.0% in the...
Sterling tumbles to seven-week low as U.S. data boosts dollar
Date: February 5, 2024
Sterling tumbles to seven-week low as U.S. data boosts dollar By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) -The pound fell to its lowest since mid-December on Monday as comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and strong economic data combined to boost the dollar. Sterling was last down 0.8% at $1.2532, its lowest since Dec. 13 and...
Lack of orders weighs on German economy – ifo
Date: February 5, 2024
Lack of orders weighs on German economy – Ifo BERLIN (Reuters) – The lack of orders in manufacturing is increasingly becoming a burden on the German economy, the Ifo Institute said on Monday. In January, 36.9% of manufacturing companies reported a lack of orders, up from 36.0% in October, according to Ifo’s surveys. A year...