To reduce the number of seeking unemployment benefits last week, the company continue to employ gentle but steady pace.
The U.S. labor department said, weekly apply for unemployment benefits to reduce the number of 5000 to the seasonally adjusted 366000. Four weeks of average, fluctuation of smaller measures, descend to 350500, is the lowest in nearly five years. Average is due to seasonal factors, thus reducing the application significantly lower last month.
Weekly application agency layoffs. When layoffs decline, net employment will usually increase.
In the past three months fell nearly 6% of applications has an average of four weeks. At the same time, hire picks up, new employment 200000 jobs, the average a month from November to January.
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