Unemployment in the Group of 20 leading world economies is close to 8 percent of the total workforce and looks set to keep growing strongly, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Monday.
China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2009 was modified up to 9.1 percent from previous 8.7 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday.
Employment fell in June for the first time this year, reflecting a drop in federal census workers as the decennial population count began to wind down, economists said before a report this week.
Profits of China's industrial enterprises jumped 81.6 percent year-on-year for the first five months this year, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
Manufacturing growth slowed across the globe in May but there was some relief in the United States where there was scant evidence of any impending slump caused by Europe's debt crisis.
India's economic growth accelerated, adding pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates even as Europe's sovereign-debt crunch threatens the global recovery.