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Israel's Tight Labor Market Casts Shadow on Optimistic Inflation Forecast
Governor Amir Yaron presented an optimistic inflation forecast to the Knesset Finance Committee, projecting a 2.1% rate by August 2025, despite a tight labor market with 2.6% unemployment and significant wage growth (6% in the first nine months of 2024).
Israel's Tight Labor Market Casts Shadow on Optimistic Inflation Forecast
Governor Amir Yaron presented an optimistic inflation forecast to the Knesset Finance Committee, projecting a 2.1% rate by August 2025, despite a tight labor market with 2.6% unemployment and significant wage growth (6% in the first nine months of 2024).
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52% Bias Score
Spain's 2024 Job Market: Record Employment Despite Slowdown
Spain's 2024 labor market saw 468,100 new jobs, a record 21,858,900 employed, and 10.6% unemployment—the lowest in 16 years—despite slower growth than in 2023, with concerns about 2025 due to private sector decline and regulatory uncertainty.
Spain's 2024 Job Market: Record Employment Despite Slowdown
Spain's 2024 labor market saw 468,100 new jobs, a record 21,858,900 employed, and 10.6% unemployment—the lowest in 16 years—despite slower growth than in 2023, with concerns about 2025 due to private sector decline and regulatory uncertainty.
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52% Bias Score
Rise of Self-Employment in French Construction Raises Concerns
In the French construction sector, 60-70% of those registered in crafts chambers are self-employed, leading to concerns about worker precarity; this increase, coupled with a decrease in temporary work, suggests a shift in employment practices.
Rise of Self-Employment in French Construction Raises Concerns
In the French construction sector, 60-70% of those registered in crafts chambers are self-employed, leading to concerns about worker precarity; this increase, coupled with a decrease in temporary work, suggests a shift in employment practices.
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48% Bias Score
Greece's Low Labor Force Participation Hinders Economic Growth
Greece's labor force participation lags significantly behind the OECD average, with women and young people particularly underrepresented; this shortage of 300,000 workers in key sectors hinders economic growth and necessitates systemic reform.
Greece's Low Labor Force Participation Hinders Economic Growth
Greece's labor force participation lags significantly behind the OECD average, with women and young people particularly underrepresented; this shortage of 300,000 workers in key sectors hinders economic growth and necessitates systemic reform.
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24% Bias Score
Sharp Rise in French Unemployment in Q4 2023
French unemployment saw its sharpest rise in a decade (excluding COVID) during Q4 2023, with a 3.9% increase in category A job seekers (3.138 million), 8.5% among those under 25 in metropolitan France. Hiring declarations also decreased 2.4% in Q4.
Sharp Rise in French Unemployment in Q4 2023
French unemployment saw its sharpest rise in a decade (excluding COVID) during Q4 2023, with a 3.9% increase in category A job seekers (3.138 million), 8.5% among those under 25 in metropolitan France. Hiring declarations also decreased 2.4% in Q4.
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24% Bias Score
Gloria Jeans Closes Rostov Factories, Laying Off 2,000 Workers
Gloria Jeans, Russia's largest clothing producer, is shutting down its Rostov region factories, impacting over 2,000 employees by March 31st, due to outdated technology, rising costs, and competition from cheaper Asian suppliers, triggering a search for new investors by the regional government.
Gloria Jeans Closes Rostov Factories, Laying Off 2,000 Workers
Gloria Jeans, Russia's largest clothing producer, is shutting down its Rostov region factories, impacting over 2,000 employees by March 31st, due to outdated technology, rising costs, and competition from cheaper Asian suppliers, triggering a search for new investors by the regional government.
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48% Bias Score
Trump Administration Offers Mass Resignation to Federal Employees
President Trump's administration offered nearly all 2.3 million federal employees a resignation option by September 30th, with full pay and benefits through that date, aiming to reshape the federal workforce and replace employees who don't align with administration policies.
Trump Administration Offers Mass Resignation to Federal Employees
President Trump's administration offered nearly all 2.3 million federal employees a resignation option by September 30th, with full pay and benefits through that date, aiming to reshape the federal workforce and replace employees who don't align with administration policies.
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48% Bias Score
German Childcare Crisis: Widespread Closures Disproportionately Impact Working Mothers
A survey of over 7,500 working Germans found that 59% of parents with children in daycare or full-day schools faced reduced hours or closures last fall, disproportionately impacting mothers and highlighting the need for improved childcare services.
German Childcare Crisis: Widespread Closures Disproportionately Impact Working Mothers
A survey of over 7,500 working Germans found that 59% of parents with children in daycare or full-day schools faced reduced hours or closures last fall, disproportionately impacting mothers and highlighting the need for improved childcare services.
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44% Bias Score
Spain's Youth Unemployment Crisis Costs 2.27% of GDP
A new report reveals that Spain's youth unemployment costs the country 2.27% of its GDP, hindering job creation and economic growth due to a mismatch between education and labor market needs, inefficient employment policies, and a high proportion of small businesses.
Spain's Youth Unemployment Crisis Costs 2.27% of GDP
A new report reveals that Spain's youth unemployment costs the country 2.27% of its GDP, hindering job creation and economic growth due to a mismatch between education and labor market needs, inefficient employment policies, and a high proportion of small businesses.
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52% Bias Score
German Trade Unions Demand Wage Increases Despite Economic Slowdown
Amidst rising unemployment and corporate cutbacks in Germany, the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) advocates for wage increases to maintain purchasing power and counteract structural economic issues, rejecting accusations of employee inadequacy and highlighting record-high employment numbers ...
German Trade Unions Demand Wage Increases Despite Economic Slowdown
Amidst rising unemployment and corporate cutbacks in Germany, the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) advocates for wage increases to maintain purchasing power and counteract structural economic issues, rejecting accusations of employee inadequacy and highlighting record-high employment numbers ...
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48% Bias Score
UK Workforce Divides: Flexible Work Benefits Office Staff, Leaving Frontline Workers Behind
A new report reveals a growing divide in UK workplace flexibility, with office workers benefiting from hybrid work while frontline staff, comprising 10.5 million people, face unchanged conditions, hindering work-life balance and potentially exacerbating labor shortages.
UK Workforce Divides: Flexible Work Benefits Office Staff, Leaving Frontline Workers Behind
A new report reveals a growing divide in UK workplace flexibility, with office workers benefiting from hybrid work while frontline staff, comprising 10.5 million people, face unchanged conditions, hindering work-life balance and potentially exacerbating labor shortages.
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48% Bias Score
Nobel Prize in Economics Recognizes Groundbreaking Work on Women's Labor History
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Claudia Goldin for her groundbreaking work on the history of women's labor, marking a significant shift in economic analysis by integrating gender and historical perspectives.
Nobel Prize in Economics Recognizes Groundbreaking Work on Women's Labor History
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Claudia Goldin for her groundbreaking work on the history of women's labor, marking a significant shift in economic analysis by integrating gender and historical perspectives.
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36% Bias Score
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