UNEMPLOYMENT

YouForce’s VP says appreciating and effectively managing existing your workforce will help navigate through the financial crisis

European Union leaders agree on steps to fight youth unemployment and settle deals on banking resolution and budgets.

Markets spurred by encouraging economic data from many European countries.

DWP data shows improving performance for simplest long-term unemployment cases, while failing those with complex needs.

The world's largest food company will offer thousands of jobs to under-30s by 2016

Number of unemployed falls by 12,000 in June to 2.943 million.

Most indices flat as markets ignore EU agreement on troubled banks.

Billions of cuts made to departmental budgets in 2015/16 as chancellor claims British economy in recovery.

Pimco's Bill Gross opines Fed's plan may be too hasty, while Matthew Lynn says the world has reasons to worry.

Insee confirms France's first-quarter GDP contracted by 0.2%.

German consumer sentiment rose to the highest level in almost six years, according to research group GfK.

British Chancellor George Osborne will announce £11.5bn ($17.7 billion) of spending cuts today

European markets open higher despite depressed mood in Asia.

Daniel Stewart & Co's chief economist Alastair Winter previews the week ahead for markets, politics and economics

Possible QE rollback by US and indications of Chinese slowdown batter markets.

EU finance ministers are in Luxembourg to discuss how and when Europe's bailout fund can rescue troubled banks.

People's Bank of China asks state-owned banks to restart fund supplies to ease liquidity crunch.

3% drop is FTSE 100's biggest one-day fall in two years as investors fear QE tap to be turned off in US.

Italy is battling recession on a war footing and will invest €3bn on public infrastructure in 2013, creating 30,000 temporary jobs.

The Fed could begin pruning its asset buys, from $85bn to $70bn a month, this September.

The Fed could begin tapering its bond buys, from $85billion to $70billion a month, this September.