US applications for unemployment benefits rose to 209,000 last week but layoffs remain at historically healthy levels

US applications for unemployment benefits rose to 209,000 last week but layoffs remain at historically healthy levels

Weaker economic growth and geopolitical tensions slowed hiring of young people in 2025, and experts fear AI could make it even harder for them to find work.

Global youth unemployment increased in 2025 as weaker economic growth, geopolitical tensions and sluggish job creation made it harder for young people to find work, the International Labour Organization said on Wednesday

Some of the steepest increases were seen in high-income countries as artificial intelligence begins to change the jobs market.

Some of the biggest rises in youth unemployment were in higher-income countries.

Global youth unemployment rose last year, the United Nations said Tuesday, with some of the steepest increases seen in high-income countries as artificial intelligence begins to change the jobs market.

Global youth unemployment rose last year, the United Nations said Tuesday, with some of the steepest increases seen in high-income countries as artificial intelligence begins to change the jobs market.World youth unemployment rate rose last year: UNThe tentative, short-lived recovery in youth labour markets that follow