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Washington, May 8 (EFE).- The United States' unemployment rate in April skyrocketed to 14.7 percent - its highest level since the Great Depression of the 1930s - due to a wave of layoffs stemming from coronavirus-triggered stay-at-home orders and closures of non-essential businesses, the Labor Department reported Friday.(CAMERA:Edwin Ramírez)
Miami (USA), Oct 2 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Cristobal Herrera) The unemployment rate in the United States fell half a percentage point to 7.9% in September.
Washington (US), Aug 7 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Alba Vigaray).- The US unemployment rate fell to 10.2 percent in July, the US Department OF Labor reported on Friday.FOOTAGE OF LOWER EAST SIDE AND CHINATOWN IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK.
A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Turkey on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, levelling buildings across several cities and causing damage in neighbouring Syria. The quake struck at 04:17 am local time (0117 GMT) at a depth of about 17.9 kilometres (11 miles), the US agency said, with a 6.7-magnitude aftershock striking 15 minutes later. IMAGES
The Fed predicts a 5.2 percent rate of inflation, as measured by the personal consumption expenditures price index, before falling rapidly to 2.6 percent next year and 2.2 percent in 2024, Chair Jerome Powell says during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
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