WASHINGTON DC – The unemployment rate in the United States fell to 6% in March, two tenths less than that registered in February, in a new sample of the reactivation of the economy after the crisis caused by the pandemic, reported this Friday the Office of Labor Statistics (BLS).
In addition, in the third month of the year 2021, the US economy generated 916,000 jobs, a figure higher than analysts’ forecasts, and the highest since August 2020 in the US.
“This improvement in the labor market reflects the continued reopening of economic activity that was slowed down by the COVID-19 pandemic. Job creation was widespread in March, led by the leisure and hospitality sectors, public and private education, and construction, “the note underlined.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURE IS STILL NOT LOWERING AT PREPANDEMIC LEVELS
In total, the number of unemployed in the US fell to 8.5 million, a figure still above the pre-pandemic levels of February 2020, when there were about 5.7 million people without work, according to federal government figures.
The unemployment rate, which last year went from 3.5% in February to 14.7% in April, when the COVID-19 pandemic had a greater impact, has been decreasing every month since then and in the first three of the year it has approached to 6%, which indicates the good health of the labor market in 2021.