UNEMPLOYMENT

Poles are now Ireland's largest foreign ethnic group.

While the U.S. economy has seen considerable growth in both very low-paying jobs and very high-paying jobs, it’s the jobs in the middle of the pay spectrum that are missing.

Chancellor Merkel is looking forward to a sweet September and a great Oktoberfest: Germany's economy grew 0.9% in 2013; the U.K.'s, 1.5%.

U.S. stock markets could open higher on Thursday, ahead of data on jobs, home prices and manufacturing activity.

Since 2000, the wages for most American workers have remained the same even as productivity has increased significantly.

Muslims are also less likely to attain higher levels of education in India than their Sikh and Hindu counterparts.

Job-creation is a completely wrong approach because the world doesn't need everyone to have a job in order to produce what is needed.

Credit card balances are falling for both good and bad reasons.

Thailand has become the latest emerging market to be hit by falling growth. But its central bank will likely leave interest rates unchanged.

The number of initial jobless claims fell last week, beating analysts' average estimate, which had forecast a rise in claims.

A months-long recession has ended, with GDP performance boosted by above-consensus U.K. employment data.

The Labor Department said the number of initial jobless claims rose by 5,000 to 333,000; however, the 4-week moving average decreased to 335,500.

About ten new churches are built every month in Romania – or one every three days.

The Bank of England aims to keep interest rates low until mid-2016, but only if certain criteria are met.

The big day is almost upon us. The BoE is expected to unveil new guidance for setting interest rates on Wednesday.

The latest stat is another sign of recovery in an economy that is clawing back from an 8-quarter-long recession.

All eyes are now on the Fed and what the jobs report may mean for the central bank's easy-money policies.

With all eyes on Friday’s jobs report for July, analysts question how the unemployment rate is masking larger structural issues.

The Labor Department says the number of initial jobless claims fell by 16,000 to 334,000 and the four-week moving average increased to 346,000.

Also, the Fed said Wednesday that its outlook on the nation's economy was slightly less optimistic than a few months ago.

There were 1 million more jobless in the EU than in June 2012, and youth unemployment neared 60% in Greece and Spain.