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labour market

Pakistan’s quiet jobs crisis

Published 22 Jun, 2026 05:36am

Pakistan’s economic stabilization has come largely through contractionary policy: tighter spending, higher interest...

Fed says oil shock means getting inflation down takes longer

Published 11 Apr, 2026 06:16am

San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said the US economy is fundamentally solid, the labour market has...

Labour market at a breaking point

Published 02 Feb, 2026 05:59am

Pakistan is not running out of people willing to work. It is running out of an economic system capable of...

EDITORIAL: Skills before slogans

Updated 17 Jan, 2026 09:21am

EDITORIAL: The recent performance of the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission has finally shifted...

Rate of unemployment rises in country

Published 26 Nov, 2025 07:35am

ISLAMABAD: In a troubling sign for the nation’s growing economic instability, Pakistan’s unemployment crisis has...

Household survey: PIDE unveils key findings

Published 09 Oct, 2025 06:33am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) on Wednesday unveiled key findings from the...

Gender pay gap

Published 22 Jul, 2025 06:30am

EDITORIAL: While Pakistan has made notable progress in increasing women’s participation across various fields of...

Workers see dramatic fall in share of global income: UN

Published 04 Sep, 2024 05:34pm

GENEVA: Workers have seen their slice of the global income pie shrink significantly over the past two decades,...

‘Pakistan committed to ending inequalities in labour market’

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan is committed to eliminating inequalities in the labour market which not only...

Central Europe’s path to lower inflation strewn with hazards

Published 11 Jan, 2023 06:44am

Romania’s 25 basis point rate hike on Tuesday may signal an end to Central Europe’s aggressive 18-month campaign...

Struggling labour market

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

EDITORIAL: The government is lucky to the extent that, once again, international institutions like ILO ...

US weekly jobless claims at 16-month low; shortages hamper manufacturing

Published 16 Jul, 2021 04:34am

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a 16-month low last week as...

June budget deficit falls to $174bn

Published 14 Jul, 2021 03:59am

WASHINGTON: The US government posted a June deficit of $174 billion, about a fifth of the June 2020 deficit of $864...

Australia's labour market stays strong

Published 06 Jul, 2021 03:48am

SYDNEY: Australian job advertisements extended their record-breaking run in June as demand for labour remained ...

Brazil’s unemployment rate stuck at historic high 14.7pc

Published 01 Jul, 2021 04:09am

BRASILIA: Brazil’s unemployment rate held steady at a historic high of 14.7% in the three months through April,...

Czech central bank returns to rate hikes to cool inflation risks

Published 23 Jun, 2021 06:10pm

The rate hike, widely expected, follows a similar increase by Hungary's central bank on Tuesday that was the first in the European Union in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Pandemic plunges 100 million more workers into poverty: UN

Updated 02 Jun, 2021 05:03pm

Covid-19 "has not just been a public health crisis, it's also been an employment and human crisis," ILO chief said.

UK jobless rate falls again, hiring up

Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

LONDON: Britain’s unemployment rate fell again to 4.8% between January and March, when the country was under a...

US weekly jobless claims drop below 500,000; layoffs lowest since 2000

Updated 07 May, 2021 10:01am

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell below 500,000 last week for the...

US consumer confidence soars to 14-month high; house prices accelerate

Updated 28 Apr, 2021 10:04am

WASHINGTON: US consumer confidence jumped to a 14-month high in April as increased vaccinations against COVID-19 and...

US business spending on equipment ends Q1 on strong note

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:05am

WASHINGTON: New orders for key US-made capital goods rose solidly in March and shipments surged, cementing...

Sterling rises against dollar, euro

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 10:02am

LONDON: The pound rose 1% to hit a one-month high against the dollar on Monday at the start of a data-heavy week ...

US weekly jobless claims rise again

Updated 09 Apr, 2021 09:19am

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but the...

S&P 500 hits 4,000 mark

Published 02 Apr, 2021 04:58am

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 breached the 4,000 mark for the first time on Thursday, powered by gains in technology...

US weekly jobless claims hit one-year low

Updated 26 Mar, 2021 09:25am

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a one-year low last week,...

US weekly jobless claims at four-month low; labour market slowly improving

Updated 12 Mar, 2021 10:09am

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dropped to a four-month low last week as...

Ireland targets return to full employment no later than 2023

Published 25 Feb, 2021 08:57pm

Irish businesses have been shut cumulatively for a longer period than any other European Union country over the last 11 months and have been back in a strict lockdown since late December that is set to run at least into April.
They see the change in hours worked as a reasonable proxy for the impact of the pandemic on the labour market.

Thursday's early trade: Dow hits record high

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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