Unemployment in the US fell to 3.4% in April – Kommersant

In April, unemployment in the US was 3.4%, the lowest since 1969, follows from data US Federal Bureau of Statistics Department of Labor. IN March Unemployment in the US was 3.5%, in February – 3.6% and in general over the past 12 months has been moving in the range of 3.4-3.7%. The number of unemployed in the country last month did not change compared to March and amounted to 5.7 million.

In April, 253,000 new jobs were created in the United States, which is a fairly strong growth, indicating, as noted economistsabout the good flexibility of the labor market in the face of rising interest rates, chronically high inflation and a banking crisis.

Most of the new jobs appeared in the healthcare sector – 43 thousand, more than half of them – in outpatient medical institutions. More than 31,000 new jobs have been created in the hotel and leisure sector, primarily in public catering establishments and in establishments selling alcohol – 25,000.

Alena Miklashevskaya