Washington, 05 – The United States generated 255,000 jobs in July, reported the Labor Department on Friday, in a sign of underlying strength of the labor market, despite a series of recent mixed indicators. Analysts polled by the Wall Street Journal predicted least 179,000 new vagas.Além addition, revisions showed that US employers generated 18,000 jobs more than in May and June than previously estimated. In the case of June, the figure was revised from 287,000 to 292,000 before informed.
recruitment numbers have remained strong for two months, even years the start of the readings have shown some weakness. So far this year, the average job creation is 186,000 jobs per month from 229,000 monthly posts in 2015.
The average wage per hour worked in the private sector rose $ 0.08 in July or 0.3% compared to the previous month, for US $ 25.69. In the annual comparison, the increase was 2.6%, which exceeds the inflation. The price index to the consumer (CPI, its acronym in English) increased 1.1% in June, compared to the same month of 2015. The average hours worked in the week rose 0.1 hours in July, to 34.5 hours.
Another month of hiring was enough to bring more people into the workforce. The participation rate rose to 62.8% in July, from 62.7% in June. Source: Dow Jones Newswires.
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