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Rob Wile. Updated August 2, 2024 at 8:11 AM. The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in July and hiring slowed, adding to signs of a broader downturn in what has been a solid U.S. economy. The ...
U.S. unemployment rose again in July, to 4.3%. (Associated Press) U.S. job growth slowed sharply last month and the unemployment rate rose to a nearly three-year high of 4.3%, the latest sign of a ...
August 2, 2024 at 4:25 PM. WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprising rise in the U.S. unemployment rate last month has rattled financial markets and set off new worries about the threat of a recession ...
This is a list of countries by unemployment rate.Methods of calculation and presentation of unemployment rate vary from country to country. Some countries count insured unemployed only, some count those in receipt of welfare benefit only, some count the disabled and other permanently unemployable people, some countries count those who choose (and are financially able) not to work, supported by ...
The unemployment rate (U-3), measured as the number of persons unemployed divided by the civilian labor force, rose from 5.0% in December 2007 to peak at 10.0% in October 2009, before steadily falling to 4.7% by December 2016 and then to 3.5% by December 2019. [ 40] By August 2023, it reached 3.8 percent.
Unemployment rate by jurisdiction. Data for all U.S. states, the District of Columbia [ 4] and Puerto Rico [ 5] is from June 2023 and September 2021, respectively. Data for Guam is from September 2019, and data for American Samoa is from 2018. Data for the Northern Mariana Islands is from April 2010 (more than ten years old) it is included but ...
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 249,000 for the week ended July 27, the highest level since August last year. Economists polled by Reuters ...
The U.S. unemployment rate by education level The line chart shows the long-term decline in labor force participation for males of prime-working age (25–54 years), based on educational attainment. [36] Workers with higher levels of education face considerably lower rates of unemployment.