Egypt’s unemployment falls to 6.0% in Q1 2026 – CAPMAS
Egypt’s unemployment rate fell to 6.0 per cent in the first quarter of 2026 from 6.2 per cent in the previous…
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Egypt’s unemployment falls to 6.2% in Q4 2025 – CAPMAS
Egypt's unemployment rate fell to 6.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025, down 0.2 per cent from the previous…
UREGENT: Egypt’s unemployment hits 6.4% in Q3 – CAPMAS
Egypt’s unemployment rate rose to 6.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, 0.3 percentage points higher from the…
PM: Egypt targets lowest debt levels in its history under new economic narrative
Egypt aims to cut public debt to the lowest level in its modern history and sustain annual economic growth of 5–7…
Germany’s consumer sentiment to fall sharply in Sept. ’25’
Germany’s consumer sentiment weakened further in August, with income and economic expectations dropping…
H. Kong jobless rate rises in May–July ’25
Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 3.7 per cent in the May–July 2025 period, up from 3.5 per…
Egypt’s unemployment rate falls in Q2 ’25 – CAPMAS
Egypt’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.1 per cent in the second quarter (April–June) of 2025, down 0.2 percentage…
Federal Reserve maintains interest rates
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday July 30, 2025, decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate…
UK consumers more gloomy as cost of living pressures mount
UK consumer confidence posted its sharpest drop since 2022 last month, reflecting heightened concerns over job…
Australia’s jobless rate rises in June ’25
Australia’s jobless rate rose to 4.2 per cent in June 2025, according to trend data released by the Australian…
Egypt’s Mashrouak lends over EGP33b to SMEs since ’15
Egypt's national project for community, human and local development (Mashrouak) has provided EGP 33 billion in…
S. Arabia jobless rate drops in Q1 ’25
Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate fell to 2.8 per cent in Q1 2025, with Saudi nationals' unemployment hitting a…
S&P Global: UK consumer confidence stuck in negative territory
UK consumer confidence remained deeply negative in June, with households facing mounting financial pressure from…
Sterling slips ahead of UK spending review
Sterling edged lower against the dollar on Wednesday, falling 0.2 per cent to $1.3472, as markets awaited British…
Spanish unemployment hits 17-year low in May
Spain’s registered unemployment fell below 2.5 million in May for the first time since July 2008, Reuters reported…
UK house price growth edges up in May – Nationwide
UK annual house price growth rose slightly to 3.5 per cent in May, up from 3.4 per cent in April, with monthly…
Egypt’s GDP growth to reach 5% in Q1 ‘25
Egypt’s economy showed signs of recovery in early 2025, with preliminary estimates pointing to 5.0 per cent…
Egypt’s PM lauds productive ties with IMF
Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly met with the IMF's Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke to express…
Norway holds key rate unchanged at 4.5%
Norges Bank decided on Thursday to maintain the key policy rate at 4.5 per cent during its 18 December meeting,…
IMF disburses $130m to Jordan
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disbursed $130 million to Jordan following the completion of the second…
French consumer confidence declines further in Nov. ’24
French consumer confidence continued to decline in November 2024, with the indicator dropping three points to 90,…
Spain’s jobless rate rises in September ’24
Spain's jobless numbers rose slightly in September, with 3,164 more people registering as unemployed, a 0.12 per…
Germany’s employment declines in August ’24
Germany saw a slight decline in employment in August 2024, with 45.9 million people in work, according to…
EBRD prospects: Jordan growth to slow in ’24
Jordan’s economic growth is expected to slow to 2.2 per cent in 2024, according to the European Bank for…
Finland’s economy to shrink 0.5% in ’24, slow recovery ahead
The Finnish economy is expected to contract by 0.5 per cent in 2024, with a slow recovery projected, according to…
US layoffs surge in August, led by tech sector cuts
US employers announced the highest number of layoffs in five months in August, primarily driven by cuts in the…
Italy’s July employment up 0.2%
Italy saw an increase in employment and a decrease in unemployment in July 2024.
Norway keeps policy rate at 4.5%
Norway’s central bank decided to maintain the policy rate at 4.5 per cent following its monetary policy and…
Sterling up after June jobless rate defies expectations
The pound sterling rose on Tuesday following the release of unemployment data for June, which showed an unexpected…
European stocks fall on weak automaker earnings
European stocks fell on Thursday, erasing previous tech-driven gains, after disappointing results from automakers…
Germany’s July unemployment surges past forecasts
Germany's unemployment rose more than expected in July, with a seasonally adjusted increase of 18,000, surpassing…
Eurozone sees inflation slowdown – ECB survey
Eurozone consumers' inflation expectations eased last month, a European Central Bank (ECB) survey showed on…
France to reduce jobless benefits amid rising debt concerns
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has announced a plan to reform the country’s unemployment benefits system,…
Australian job market exceeds expectations in April
Australian employment rose more than expected in April, with net employment increasing by 38,500 jobs, surpassing…
Namibia optimistic on economic outlook for 23-24
Namibia recorded an estimated economic growth of 5.6 per cent last year and anticipates a growth of 4.0 per cent…
Gulf’s real estate to grow in H1 2024 – Markaz
The Gulf real estate sector will grow in the first half of 2024 due to increasing demand and government policies…
Over 60% of jobs lost in Gaza, 24% in West Bank amid Israel war: ILO
At least 61 percent of jobs have been lost in Gaza and an estimated 24 percent in West Bank due to the ongoing…
Germany GDP contracts for the second consecutive quarter
The Federal Statistical Office showed on Thursday that Germany’s GDP fell by 0.3 percent, marking the second…
U.S. unemployment claims rise
U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday applications for unemployment benefits increased by 5,000 last week.
Nedbank posts 20% rise in annual profit
South African moneylender Nedbank Group has announced a 20 percent increase in the full annual profit, due to…