UNEMPLOYMENT

Also, through the first four months of 2013, the pace of downsizing is virtually equal to a year ago.

Will Friday’s jobs report validate concerns that the U.S. economy is slumping for the fourth straight spring?

Analysts expected private employers to create 158,000 jobs last month. They got 75 percent of that forecast.

The euro zone jobless rate grew to 12.1 percent in March. Youth unemployment, especially in the south, rose to an appalling level.

Americans are expected to keep annualized auto sales above 15 million, thanks to sweet interest rates and high trade-in values.

Monetary policies will also be in play, with European Central Bank and U.S. Federal Open Market Committee meetings on the calendar.

Most economists expect the economy to slow in the second quarter, due to the $85 billion sequester.

Fewer Americans filed for new unemployment benefits in the latest week, as the U.S. labor market continues to slowly improve.

Spain's unemployment rate is already higher than what the IMF said it would peak at in 2013.

China's real estate market is probably overheating, but Chinese buyers generally pay cash and defaults are still rare.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has laid out ambitious plans for his first term, despite being indicted for war crimes.

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose last week, signaling little improvement in a soft U.S. labor market.

Recession remains a huge risk for large economies, according to new assessments by the IMF.

Some Labour MPs and others allege that Thatcher's policies not only hurt their own particular constituents, but people across Britain.

The plunge to 346,000 after a large rise the week before partly reflects data skewed by the Easter period.

The unexpectedly weak March jobs report hammered the markets, but economists cautioned against overreacting.

The total number of new jobs was less than expected, and the U.S. workforce participation rate dropped to its lowest level since 1979.

This small island of 1 million people, hopelessly divided between a Greek south and Turkish north, faces an unknown, perhaps dark future.

U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open on Friday ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' nonfarm payrolls and unemployment reports.

Many economists expect the $85 billion in U.S. government spending cuts due to sequester to lower GDP growth and job growth.

If unemployment data continues to improve, the head of the Atlanta Fed said he may support cutting back on quantitative easing.