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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/10/2025 9:19:00 AM
Al-Ahram Weekly interviews economist Ragui Assaad about labour market trends and challenges.
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Business
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Economy
5/8/2025 2:42:27 PM
US President Donald Trump branded Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell a "fool" on Thursday after the central bank announced another pause in rate cuts and warned of higher risks to inflation and unemployment goals.
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Egypt
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Society
4/26/2025 8:16:00 PM
Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced Saturday that the country’s annual unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent in 2024, marking a 0.4 percent decline from 2023.
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Business
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Economy
4/4/2025 7:00:04 PM
US President Donald Trump's tariffs risk higher unemployment and will likely cause inflation to rise and growth to slow, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday.
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Business
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Economy
3/27/2025 10:50:42 AM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said Wednesday that the unemployment rate in the fourth quarter (Q4) of the current fiscal year (FY) 2024/2025 dropped to 6.4 percent, one of the lowest levels recorded in Egypt in nearly 20 years.
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Egypt
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Society
2/16/2025 1:32:21 PM
The unemployment rate in Egypt dropped to 6.4 percent of the total labour force in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024 (October to December), down from 6.7 percent in Q3 of the same year, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said Saturday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
11/28/2024 1:17:00 AM
Egypt's women are increasingly finding themselves sidelined from the workforce, with societal pressures and economic constraints limiting their opportunities.
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Egypt
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Society
11/14/2024 4:52:48 PM
The unemployment rate in Egypt rose slightly to 6.7 percent of the total labour force in the third quarter (Q3) (from July to September) of 2024, a 0.2 percent increase compared to Q2, according to a report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Thursday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/17/2024 2:55:59 PM
More than a year into Israel's war, "nearly 100 percent" of Gaza's population has been plunged into poverty with a ruined economy and "staggering" unemployment, the UN said Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
8/17/2024 8:30:38 PM
Youth unemployment in China ticked up to 17.1 percent in July, official figures showed, the highest level this year as the world's second-largest economy faces mounting headwinds.
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Egypt
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Society
8/15/2024 6:20:00 PM
Egypt’s unemployment rate has declined to 6.5 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, nearly a 0.2 percent decrease compared to Q1, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
8/2/2024 5:43:14 PM
The US jobs market cooled much more than expected in July with the unemployment rate reaching the highest since late 2021, government data showed Friday, paving the way towards post-pandemic interest rate cuts.
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Business
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Economy
4/16/2024 4:09:00 PM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has maintained its projection for Egypt’s real GDP growth in 2024 at three percent, declining by 0.8 percent compared to the estimation of 2023.
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Business
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Economy
11/15/2023 9:46:14 PM
Egypt reported 2.263 million unemployed individuals in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023, accounting for 7.1 percent of the total workforce, according to a statement released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Wednesday.
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Business
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Economy
10/14/2023 3:45:25 PM
A glut of educated graduates, many in fields with few job opportunities, are proving difficult for the Egyptian labour market to employ.
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Egypt
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Society
8/22/2023 3:56:23 PM
Egypt reported 2.169 million unemployed individuals in the second quarter of 2023, comprising seven percent of the total workforce, according to a report from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) released on Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
7/20/2023 5:11:04 PM
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week with the labor market continuing to cruise along despite higher interest rates intended to cool hiring.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
4/1/2023 11:21:00 PM
Despite recent statistics showing falling levels of unemployment, many young people are facing difficulties finding their dream jobs
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World
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Region
3/27/2023 6:09:56 PM
Tunisia on Monday called for a "constructive discourse" from the European Union after a string of leaders warned the country is facing a crisis that could impact the 27-member bloc.
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World
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Africa
3/23/2023 11:22:45 AM
Hempstone Monari's taxi business was just getting going when the wheels fell off his financial future and a Kenyan bank auctioned off his car over the non-payment of a $9,900 loan.
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