U.S. employers added jobs at a solid pace in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent, a seven-year low. But wages failed to budge, and other barometers of the job market painted a mixed picture. The economy gained 223,000 jobs last month, and
Prior to April, the unemployment rate was at 4.1% for six consecutive months. April’s 3.9% is a signal of an increasingly competitive job market, and the lowest reading since 2000. Worker pay was unchanged, up 2.6% over the past 12 months. The jobs market is one of the factors that...
We expect employment to continue rising over the coming quarters, although at a slightly slower pace than at the start of 2024. The unemployment rate is expected to fall slightly in the last quarter of 2024 before rising again throughout 2025. In the longer term, demographics are expected to...
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labor market: New figures released Thursday by the Labor Department revealed that another 5.25 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending April 14. That brings total claims over the four weeks ended April 11 to nearly 22 million workers, erasing the entirety of labor ...
“As long as unemployment continues to go down,” Santangelo said, “as long as the economy continues to be strong, the Fed’s going to keep fighting inflation.’’ The Fed is aiming to achieve a “soft landing” — a pullback in the economy that is just enough to tame high inflatio...
After US unemployment benefits and labor cost data were released, US Treasury bonds equalized the decline.The translation is provided by third-party software. The above content is for informational or educational purposes only and does not constitute any investment advice related to Futu. Although we...
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While prices soar, data shows that jobless claims have gone up. The Labor Department said on Thursday that in the week ending Oct 8, seasonally adjusted unemployment claims came to 228,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week.The four-week moving average of unemployment claims was ...
While prices soar, data shows that jobless claims have gone up. The Labor Department said on Thursday that in the week ending Oct 8, seasonally adjusted unemployment claims came to 228,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week. ...