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Formerly TwitterU.S. Department of Labor
USDOL
These are the April unemployment rates by race. These figures change frequently month-to-month and the department tracks the trends. www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm #JobsReport pic.twitter.com/kUTItt4OKu
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๐งต The economy added 175,000 jobs in April, including gains in health care, social assistance, and transportation and warehousing. The unemployment rate was 3.9%. www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm More #JobsReport highlights โคต๏ธ pic.twitter.com/XSn0gd3Hgi
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EU Social ๐ช๐บ
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EU #unemployment in March 2024:
๐จ๐ฟ2.9%
๐ต๐ฑ2.9%
๐ธ๐ฎ3.1%
๐ฉ๐ช3.2%
๐ฒ๐น3.2%
๐ณ๐ฑ3.6%
๐ฎ๐ช4.3%
๐ญ๐บ4.3%
๐ง๐ฌ4.4%
๐ฆ๐น4.9%
๐ท๐ด5.3%
๐ธ๐ฐ5.4%
๐ง๐ช5.5%
๐ฑ๐บ5.6%
๐ญ๐ท5.9%
๐ช๐บ6.0%
๐จ๐พ6.0%
๐ต๐น6.5%
๐ฉ๐ฐ6.8%
๐ฑ๐ป6.8%
๐ฎ๐น7.2%
๐ซ๐ท7.3%
๐ฑ๐น7.3%
๐ช๐ช7.8%
๐ซ๐ฎ7.8%
๐ธ๐ช8.3%
๐ฌ๐ท10.2%
๐ช๐ธ11.7%
โ โน๏ธ @EU_Eurostat
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Jason Furman
jasonfurman
Pretty much a goldilocks job report. 175K jobs is respectable at any time and in the context of strong prior months so a ~250K monthly average even more so.
Unemployment ticked up to 3.9%.
Earnings growth slowed.
Most reassuring data for the Fed in the last 2+ weeks. pic.twitter.com/5G1iCTy3Cz
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