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The data on US jobs are disappointing: unemployment at 8,1%, only 115 new jobs

The US employment data for April is below expectations: the unemployment rate is down slightly (-0,1%), but the creation of new jobs is slowing down, below analysts' estimates.

The data on US jobs are disappointing: unemployment at 8,1%, only 115 new jobs

Cold shower for the USA and for the financial markets. The results on unemployment of April in the United States fall short of expectations. The rate is down slightly, to 8,1%while they are being created only 115 new jobs. According to the latest bulletin from the Department of Labor.

Employment rate is increasing in professional services, clipping sales, healthcare sector, but continued downward trend in transportation and warehousing. The number of unemployed stands at 12,5 million. 

On average, analysts expected stable unemployment at 8,2%, but a recovery in the creation of new jobs at 160 thousand seats, after the 120 in March, with values ​​in any case lower than those of the previous months.

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