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Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday showed the labor market added ... the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, from 4.2% in August. ... on Sept. 23, 2024. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP ...
Unemployment in the US by State (June 2023) The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication.
Estimates vary for the number of jobs that must be created to absorb the inflow of persons into the labor force, to maintain a given rate of unemployment. This number is significantly affected by demographics and population growth. For example, economist Laura D'Andrea Tyson estimated this figure at 125,000 jobs per month during 2011. [188]
Consensus estimates are for a net gain of 160,000 jobs, a solid increase from July’s estimated 114,000 gain, and for the unemployment to dip to 4.2%, according to FactSet estimates.
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remains at historically healthy levels. Jobless claim applications rose by 9,000 to 224,000 for the week of Nov. 30 ...
* The COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation had a dramatic influence in statistics presented, including a sharp increase in unemployment rate at the time of changes from Trump to Biden. Annualized change in unemployment rate over each presidency from Truman to Biden, ordered from best-performing to worst-performing economic performance.
The number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for hiring, slipped 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 1.874 million during the week ending Dec. 7, the claims report showed.
August 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM. ... according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ... The unemployment rate was forecast to remain at 4.1%.