The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 3.7% in August

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, September 2 (Reporter Xiong Maoling) According to data released by the US Department of Labor on the 2nd, the U.S. unemployment rate rose to 3.7%in August this year, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the previous month.

Data show that in August, the number of employment in the fields of professional and commercial services, medical care, and retail trade in the United States increased significantly, an increase of 68,000, 48,000, and 44,000 respectively; the number of employment in the manufacturing industry increased by 22,000.In the month, the US labor participation rate rose by 0.3 percentage points to 62.4%month -on -month, which was still 1.0 percentage points lower than the new crown epidemic.

Another report released by the US Department of Labor this week shows that as of the end of July, the number of vacancies in US positions rose to 11.2 million, and the supply and demand relationship of the labor market was still tense.

Analysts believe that as the Federal Reserve Committee continues to raise interest rates, its impact on the employment market will gradually appear.

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