The number of non -agricultural employment in the United States is still 0.3% lower than before the epidemic

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, July 8th (Reporter Xu Yuan) Data released by the US Department of Labor on the 8th shows that the number of new employment in the US non -agricultural sector in June this year was 372,000.Compared with the outbreak of the epidemic in February 2020, the total number of non -agricultural sector employment was still 0.3%.

Data show that the U.S. unemployment rate in June remained at 3.6%for four consecutive months. Compared with the epidemic, it was 0.1 percentage points higher than before the epidemic.At the same time, the number of long -term unemployed in the unemployment time of more than 27 weeks also has 215,000 more than before the epidemic.

According to the industry, the number of employment in leisure and hotel business in the month increased by 67,000, and the number of professional and commercial services increased by 74,000.

The data also showed that the US labor participation rate dropped slightly by 0.1 percentage points to 62.2%month -on -month, which was 1.2 percentage points lower than the level before the epidemic.

Analysts believe that the US labor market is still strong, but the tension between labor supply and demand is still difficult to alleviate.

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