US employers shrugged off virus and stepped
up hiring
Posted By: Come And Take It, 11/5/2021 5:51:56 PM
America’s employers accelerated their hiring last month, adding a solid 531,000 jobs, the most since July and a sign that the recovery from the pandemic recession is overcoming a virus-induced slowdown. Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate fell to 4.6% last month from 4.8% in September. That is a comparatively low level though still well above the pre-pandemic jobless rate of 3.5%. And the job gains in August and September weren’t as weak as initially reported: The government increased its estimate of hiring for those two months by a hefty combined 235,000 jobs. CORRECTION*
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of boosting US oil production: 'That is hilarious' 25 replies
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Appear to Tens of Thousands of Illegal
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I see that DoL is back to the Obama-era practice of grossly manipulating employment data. When combined with the job participation numbers and the unemployment rates, the number of new jobs created is a complete fallacy. And, they hugely inflated last months numbers, too.