{"id":195630,"date":"2021-03-05T16:42:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T13:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/379k-jobs-added-6-2-percent-unemployment\/"},"modified":"2021-03-05T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T13:42:51","slug":"379k-jobs-added-6-2-percent-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/379k-jobs-added-6-2-percent-unemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"#379K jobs added, 6.2 percent unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#379K jobs added, 6.2 percent unemployment<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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American employers went on a stronger-than-expected hiring spree in February as a sharp drop in coronavirus infections\u00a0and rising vaccinations loosened the pandemic\u2019s grip on the labor market.<\/p>\n

The US economy added 379,000 jobs last month, beating economists\u2019 estimates for a gain of 171,000 on the heels of January\u2019s addition of 166,000, more than trip<\/a>le the number previously reported.<\/p>\n

The unemployment rate, meanwhile, edged down to 6.2 percent, its lowest level since the start of the COVID-19 crisis last March but still well above the 50-year low of 3.5 percent reached a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.<\/p>\n

The closely watched report suggests the job market is in for a big springtime bloom as businesses emerge from the wave of coronavirus lockdowns that hampered growth in the winter, experts said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the coming weeks and months, as weather improves across the country, businesses welcome back more customers, and more vaccinations are administered, we should see a more substantial pick-up in hiring,\u201d said Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate.<\/p>\n

But the workforce is still climbing out of the deep hole that the COVID-19 pandemic dug for the global economy nearly a year ago. Non-farm payrolls ended February with roughly 9.5 million fewer jobs than they had a year ago, meaning only about 13 million of the 22 million positions lost last spring have come back.<\/p>\n

While the number of unemployed Americans was roughly flat at 10 million in February, the feds said another 4.2 million people were unable to look for work because of the pandemic, though that figure fell from 4.7 million in January.<\/p>\n

The leisure and hospitality industries drove last month\u2019s gains by adding 355,000 jobs after taking a beating from restrictions imposed to curb the winter\u2019s deadly surge in COVID-19 infections.<\/p>\n

Restaurants and bars added 286,000 jobs as states like California and New York relaxed limits on dining, while hotels added 36,000 and\u00a0amusements, gambling and recreation establishments added 33,000.<\/p>\n

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Hiring accelerated significantly last month after non-farm payrolls added 166,000 jobs in January amid a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cWe\u2019re also just seeing people become a bit more comfortable going to hotels and restaurants because many people are now vaccinated \u2014 there are grandparents traveling to visit their grandkids again,\u201d ZipRecruiter labor economist Julia Pollak\u00a0told The Post, adding that her job-search firm saw 15 percent more postings for open positions in February than it did a year ago.<\/p>\n

But local and state governments shed 69,000 education jobs in February as schools struggled to reopen for in-person classes, according to the feds. The blue-collar construction and mining industries also lost 61,000 and 8,000 positions, respectively.<\/p>\n

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Despite the gains, the economy still ended February with 8.9 million fewer jobs than it had a year earlier.<\/figcaption>
OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The job growth came as Congress debated a $1.9 trillion\u00a0stimulus package meant to provide further relief for businesses trying to weather the pandemic as well as the millions of workers still relying on unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n

The bill would also send $1,400 checks to an estimated 200 million American adults, which could add fuel to the smoldering economic fire as businesses continue to reopen.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you give it to people when they could spend it right away, then it could give more juice to the recovery,\u201d Curt Long, chief economist and vice president of research at the\u00a0National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions, told The Post. \u201cThe timing may work out better than people anticipated from that standpoint and not just get holed up in savings but be deployed into the economy.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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