unemployment is USA it fell again in December and returned to the lowest levels in 50 years.
Although in the population of Latino workers the rate had a slight increase in December, in this group of the population unemployment levels remain low.
While for all workers, the unemployment rate dropped from 3.6 percent in November to 3.5 percent in the last month of the year, for Hispanics it went from 4 to 4.1 percent.
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For this population, the lowest level of unemployment had occurred in September, with 3.9 percent, and during 2022 it maintained a downward trend, after registering 4.8 percent in December 2021.
According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, who presented the figures this Friday, among the largest groups of workers, in December the unemployment rate for whites fell to 3 percent. Among blacks, unemployment was 5.7 percent, and among Asians, 2.4 percent.
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Likewise, unemployment for adult men was 3.1 percent, and for adult women, 3.2 percent, while for young people it was 10.4 percent.
Immigrant workers have been favored because for the past two years, labor has not been enough for the US economy. According to the Fed Chairman, the US central bank., quoted by AFP, there is a «structural» shortage of four million people.
The figure —says the agency— is explained by retirement withdrawals since the start of the pandemic, by the million and a half deaths from coronavirus and insufficient immigration due to the restrictive policy of the Trump administration, to which was added the closure of borders for a year and a half for the COVID-19.
According to a report by the World Bank and Knomad, the strength of the labor market has been decisive for the increase in remittances to Latin America. Towards Colombia, for example, they have risen 10 percent.
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