In the United States, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6,7% in March, the same percentage recorded in February. Analysts had expected an unemployment rate to fall slightly to 6,6%. There are 192 new jobs, a figure just below expectations. The data was provided by the US Department of Labor.
In February, the new jobs calculated by the US government, which does not include the agricultural sector in its survey, amounted to 197. For the first two months of the year, the Labor Department revised the number of new jobs upwards by a total of 37. The growth in loans in March almost corresponds to the average monthly total of 2013, a sign that hiring is accelerating again after the colder winter than the seasonal averages which slowed down the US economy.
The American data on jobs add to the first European macroeconomic indications, with German industrial orders up by 0,6% in February, against expectations for +0,2%. While awaiting the opening of Wall Street, European lists are moving timidly upwards: around 15 pm, Piazza Affari shows +0,41%, London +0,53%, Paris +0,44% and Frankfurt +0,50 %.
