The US economy generated 209,000 new non-agricultural jobs during the month of June, a figure lower than the 306,000 new jobs created in May and below market consensus expectations, although the unemployment rate fell by one tenth, up to 3.6%, according to data published by the Labor Department.…
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US unemployment rate rose three tenths in May
The unemployment rate in the United States rose three tenths in May, up to 3.7 %, despite the fact that 339,000 new jobs were created, according to data published by the Labor Department.
However, the unemployment rate in the US still…
Julie Su was appointed US Minister of Labor
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, appointed Julie Su as successor to Marty Walsh, who announced two weeks ago his resignation as the North American country's labor minister to assume the executive direction of the National…
Unemployment in the US fell in December
The unemployment rate in the United States (USA) fell two tenths last December, to 3.5%, and in the last month of 2022 223,000 jobs were created, according to figures published this Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the US…
Retirement plans in crypto represent a risk
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen explained that investing in cryptocurrencies is a “very risky option” to include in the retirement plans of average American savers, and it would be reasonable for Congress to face the danger.
“It is not…
US registers record 11 million job openings
The number of unfilled jobs in the United States increased last March to an all-time high of 11.5 million vacancies, up from 11.34 million the previous month and more than three million above 8, 4 million as of March 2021, according to…
Layoffs in the US fall to minimum values
The initial requests for unemployment benefits reached a total of 166,000 applications last week. It represents a decrease of 5,000 compared to the 171,000 applications for subsidy in the previous seven days and the lowest figure recorded…
The US created 467 thousand new job vacancies in January
The US Department of Labor published a report reporting that the country opened some 467,000 new job vacancies during the month of January, greatly increasing the projections made by economists, who estimated some 150,000 jobs.
In a survey…
Inflation in the US remains at 1.4 % in January
The consumer price index (CPI) of the United States stood at 1.4 % last January compared to the same month last year, so it did not register any change compared to the year-on-year inflation observed during the previous month, according to…
The US again exceeds one million weekly layoffs
Initial requests for unemployment benefits in the United States reached 1,106 million applications in the week that ended on August 15, after the 963,000 registered in the previous seven days, according to data published this Thursday by…
Layoffs in the US have reduced
Weekly jobless claims in the United States continued their downward trend last week, when they fell to 1.31 million, the lowest number since mid-March, according to Labor Department data.
Despite this noticeable slowdown, the number of…
US inflation remained at 1.7% in September
The consumer price index (CPI) of the United States stood at 1.7% last September, so it maintained the same growth rate as in August, according to data published on Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor.…