Job vacancy notice at a retail store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

There The unemployment rate in the United States rose by two ticks in February and stood in the 3.6%according to data released this Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

In the second month of the year were created 311,000 jobs206,000 less than those created in January, at a time when the Federal Reserve is watching closely the effects that interest rate hikes – approved to reduce inflation – have on economic developments and more particularly on the market work .

This rise in the rate comes after three consecutive months of falling unemployment and could reflect the start of a easing of the labor market that the Fed anticipates due to its restrictive monetary policy.

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