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(CNN) — More than a dozen US states reached or exceeded their pre-pandemic employment levels in March, and more than one-third have reported record-low unemployment rates, according to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. As the nation claws its way back from the stark job losses incurred during the early stages of the […]
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Total construction spending rose in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.704 trillion, a 0.5 percent increase from January and 11.2 percent higher than in February 2021. It was also 13.5 percent above the rate the prior February , just before the pandemic took hold. During the first two months of the year, expenditures total $237.846 billion, 10.4 percent growth compared to the first two months of 2021. Private sector spending rose 0.8 percent to an annual rate of $1.354 trillion, a 14 percent annual increase. As has been the case for months, the increase was driven almost e...
New York City's 7.5 percent unemployment rate is the worst in the US as Manhattan workers and international tourists still haven't returned post-COVID.