Consumer News: American job recovery stronger than expected, supply chain issues could make it harder to find flowers for Valentine’s Day and more.
The nation’s unemployment rate fell in December to a healthy 3.9%, a pandemic low, even as employers added a modest 199,000 jobs, evidence that they are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans still reluctant to return to the workforce.
WASHINGTON (AP) _U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, a second straight tepid gain and evidence that the pandemic still has a grip on the economy with many companies struggling to fill millions of open jobs. Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate sank last month from 5.2% to 4.8%. The rate fell in…
Across the United States, first time jobless benefits claims shot up for the first time in nearly two months. The rate of new unemployment claims had been setting new pandemic-era lows each week since the beginning of May.
America lost more than 20 million jobs in one month when the country shut down last year, and experts say millions are still out of work
WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. businesses added a solid 235,000 jobs in October, according to a private survey, partly reflecting a rebound from the previous month when hiring was held back by several hurricanes. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that last month’s gain was the largest in seven months. Hiring fell to just 110,000 in September, the lowest in nearly a…
