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Unemployment inches higher
Online Reporters, Published on 10/12/2019
» The unemployment rate in Thailand inched higher to 1.1% in November, up from 1% in the corresponding month last year, the Bank of Thailand reported on Tuesday.
Unemployment records Q3 increase
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 26/11/2019
» The unemployment rate in the third quarter edged up from the same period last year and the previous quarter because of a slowing economy, floods in the Northeast and drought in some parts of the country.
Unemployment dips below 1%
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 30/11/2018
» Thailand's unemployment rate continued to improve in the third quarter, thanks to a growing economy and a recovering farm sector.
Manpower sees 1.2% unemployment
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 21/02/2019
» US recruitment agency Manpower Group Thailand forecasts an unemployment rate in 2019 of 1.1-1.2%, equal to 418,000-450,000 people, up from 400,000 in 2018.
China's youth unemployment problem
Oped, Published on 03/06/2023
» This month, China released official statistics showing that its unemployment rate for young people (16-24 years old) reached a record high of 20.4% in April. Worse, the news comes just one month before another 11.6 million students will graduate from college and vocational schools and enter the job market.
EconThai warns of unemployment spike
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 09/03/2020
» Widespread unemployment is expected in the industrial sector this year as the economy braces for continued fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, just as over 500,000 new graduates leave university this May, says the Employers' Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai).
Unemployment fears on the rise
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/12/2019
» Labour rights advocates have questioned the government's claim of more businesses opening shop as opposed to closing down, insisting that new companies may not be hiring as many workers as expected.
About 2,000 teachers face unemployment
Post Reporters, Published on 06/05/2021
» A total of 1,964 teachers of maths and science under the Office of the Basic Education Commission due to be laid off in September have sought help from the Education Ministry.
Unemployment expected to hit 2.5%
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 24/08/2021
» Thailand's unemployment rate is expected to have risen in the second quarter of this year, as prolonged and severe Covid-19 outbreaks took a heavy toll on Thai companies and entrepreneurs.
Q3 unemployment at 16yr high
Reuters, Published on 22/11/2021
» Unemployment hit a more than 16-year high in the third quarter, as tougher coronavirus restrictions hit economic activity and jobs, the state planning agency said on Monday.