UNEMPLOYMENT

With the winter weather slowly fading, economists expect March nonfarm payroll growth to spring up to 200,000.

Prospects of an all-round recovery in the euro zone continue to brighten, while deflation and unemployment continue to be red flags.

In the February data, the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria, Germany and Luxembourg.

Germany added more jobs than expected while its factories slowed down, official data show, even as France and Spain stepped up.

The drop provides additional evidence that while job growth is not robust, layoffs continue to decline.

Demands from desperate unemployed youth mount as Tunisia's fifth government since the 2011 Arab Spring grapples with a faltering economy.

The latest data lends strength to projections of a sustained, strong economic recovery in the country.

An alliance of Democrats and Republicans have agreed to extend lapsed unemployment benefits and retroactively pay out months of missed benefits.

Even amid increased U.S. vehicle efficiency in the postmodern era, oil remains the lifeblood of the U.S. economy.

At the end of a volatile week, markets seem ready for a breather ahead of data on jobs and trade.

Since 1999, Washington has had the most generous U.S. state minimum wage. Here’s what happened to its jobless figures.

Compared with December 2013, the number of persons unemployed increased by 17,000 in both the EU and the euro area.

The cliché is true: Saving is hard. But the difficulty level depends on where you live.

All things being equal, raising the minimum wage would have either no effect on jobs or would actually increase the total number of jobs.

There were 125,000 fewer unemployed people in the last quarter of 2013 in the UK compared to the previous quarter.

Now that the shutdown is over, Americans aren't concerned about Washington gridlock. They've shifted focus back to the economy.

Robert Gordon published a paper explaining why the American economy is going to be slower, on average, in the next few decades than it has been in the last century.

In prepared remarks, there were few surprises in the new fed chairwoman's initial address to Congress.

Gambling is legal only in Atlantic City, but there has been talk of expanding the industry elsewhere in the Garden State.

Five years into the recovery after the financial crisis, the U.S. economy still is not creating enough jobs.

While the stage looks set for a higher open, jobs data for January will be key.