The USA became home to one in every three people who settled in the world’s developed nations in 2006, accepting 1.3 million newcomers. Family reunification was the biggest reason given by newcomers to America, accounting for 70 percent of permanent arrivals.

As the effects of the current financial crisis continue to spread, American employers are cutting back on plans to grow their businesses. Most now don’t plan to hire any new staff this year. Of 14,000 employers surveyed by Manpower in America 59 percent expect to make no changes to their workforce.

Between 2006 and 2007, 38.7 million people moved in the United States: 25.2 million stayed in the same county, 7.4 million moved to a different county within the same state, 4.9 million moved to a different state and 1.2 million moved to the U.S. from abroad.
Housing-related issues – such as the desire to own a home or to live in a better neighbourhood – were the most common reasons given for moving (42 percent), followed by …