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Gref: economy overheating peak passes

Gref: economy overheating peak passes

The peak of overheating in the Russian economy has been passed, though it is too early to speak about completion of this process, Sberbank CEO German …

Türkiye's unemployment hits record low

Türkiye's unemployment hits record low

Türkiye's unemployment rate was at a 10-year low in 2023, down to 9.4% from 10.4% in 2022, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute data. …

Uzbekistan to provide jobs for 5 mln people in 2024

Uzbekistan to provide jobs for 5 mln people in 2024

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has familiarized himself with a program to create new jobs in the country in 2024, which envisages providing jobs for 5 million people, the presidential press service reported. …

Unemployment in Russia drops to record low

Unemployment in Russia drops to record low

Unemployment in Russia has dropped to a record low, under these conditions, real wage growth is accelerating and could outpace productivity growth, the Bank of Russia said in a press release after a meeting of its board of directors on …

Putin highlights low unemployment in Russia

Putin highlights low unemployment in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed to a stable labor market situation, low unemployment and forecasted a slowdown in inflation, when speaking at a conference on supporting incomes of families with children on Tuesday. "The …

Unemployment in Russia to rise in autumn?

Unemployment in Russia to rise in autumn?

Russia’s Economic Development Ministry expects unemployment to grow this autumn from the current level of 3.9%, Minister Maksim Reshetnikov said on Friday, adding that the situation on the country’s labor market was under control. …

Putin spoke about the decline in unemployment in Russia

Putin spoke about the decline in unemployment in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the "Russia Calling!" forum reported that a new wave of COVID-19 incidence caused by the emergence of a new strain has raised questions about the pace of global economic recovery. “Of …

Russia’s labor market back to pre-pandemic level

Russia’s labor market back to pre-pandemic level

Russia’s labor market has generally regained pre-pandemic indices, Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov said on Thursday on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). "Russia’s Federal …

Digital future as an alternative to unemployment or migration in Tajikistan

Digital future as an alternative to unemployment or migration in Tajikistan

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified development challenges and sharpened the view on opportunities to overcome them. Evidently, policymakers were confronted with the healthcare system’s limitations, and the socio-economic impacts from the crisis directed the focus on social assistance, agriculture and food processing, and the need for accelerating reforms necessary to develop more of a partnership with the private sector, World Bank writes

U.S. weekly jobless claims increase further this week

U.S. weekly jobless claims increase further this week

The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly increased last week as a relentless surge in new COVID-19 infections hobbled business operations, offering more evidence that the economy’s recovery from the …

Russia’s registered unemployment at 3.6 mln people

Russia’s registered unemployment at 3.6 mln people

The amount of unemployed in Russia registered with employment centers currently stands at 3.6 million people, Labor and Social Protection Minister Anton Kotyakov said on Monday. "Today ... the unemployment rate according to …

Russia's labour market survived pandemic peak?

Russia's labour market survived pandemic peak?

The Russian labor market has left behind the peak of the pandemic, Russia's Labor Minister Anton Kotyakov said. The minister noted that Russia’s unemployment rate stood at 6.1% in May, an increase from 5.8% recorded in April …