Figures on registered unemployment show that construction workers felt the brunt of the recession in Cyprus in 2009, with total unemployment rising almost threefold from 902 registrations on average in 2008 to
The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance rose less than expected last week and a measure of underlying trends hit a nearly 16-month low, underscoring the improving labor
The labor market in the United States is improving and the economy is close to the point when the unemployment rate will start to fall, a top U.S. Federal Reserve official said
The Bank of England kept the scale of its asset purchase program unchanged at 200 billion pounds ($319 billion) and left UK interest rates at 0.5 percent in a widely expected move
House prices in Britain rose for a sixth consecutive month in December, increasingly by 1.0 percent to bring their total rise since April's low to 9.4 percent, mortgage lender Halifax said on
New car sales in Britain rose an annual 38.9 percent in December, their sixth consecutive monthly rise, but full year registrations were at their the lowest level since 1995, the Society of
George Syrimis, former Cyprus Finance Minister and founder of the accounting firm that eventually became KPMG Cyprus, died on Tuesday. He was 88. Syrimis was born in Nicosia, but his family came
The Cyprus Statistical Service announced that the consumer price index in January-December 2009 rose by 0.3% compared to the corresponding period of 2008. This is the lowest annual inflation rate since 1965,
The Statistical Service has reported that on the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, 72,612 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in November 2009, compared with 74,080 in
Cyprus' inflation for December 2009 rose to 2.0% compared to 1.4% in November 2009 and 2.1% in December 2008, Cyprus' Statistical Service announced on Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December
