Humboldt County’s unemployment rate continued its slow upward march in August, inching up to 5.7%, according to numbers released by the Employment Development Department on Friday. It was a revised 5.5% in July. Randy Weaver, a local market analyst, called the job market “pretty anemic.”

China’s youth unemployment rate rose for the second straight month to its highest level this year as the labor market faces a challenging outlook due to a weakening economy.

China's August youth jobless rate climbed to the highest level since last December, the statistics bureau said on Friday, as new graduates started to hunt for offers on the job market, adding to the pressure on policymakers to take action.

China’s revised youth unemployment rate rose to the highest level since the data set was reintroduced last year, as career prospects for young people dimmed amid the ongoing economic downturn. The jobless rates for the 16-24 age group,