Bucking the trend, health care employment continued to grow in December, with month on month job gains in ambulatory services and hospitals. In 2008, the health care industry added 372,000 jobs.
The average weekly earnings of USA’s full-time wage and salary workers was $720 in the third quarter of 2008. This was 3.6 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with an annual rise of 5.3 percent in the cost of living.
The number of homes sold in America fell in August as tough mortgage credit conditions dampened real estate activity. American home sales fell 2.2 percent on the month and are almost eleven percent below last year’s sales.
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.
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American real average weekly earnings remained virtually unchanged fron June at $606.82 after seasonal adjustment, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor. Over the past 12 months, weekly earnings rose by 2.8 percent. In July, average hourly earnings edged up by 6 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $18.06, seasonally adjusted. This followed gains of 6 cents in May and 5 cents in June.
American real average weekly rose slightly by 0.3 percent from May 2008 to June 2008 to $606.94 after seasonal adjustment, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor. Over the past 12 months, weekly earnings rose by 2.8 percent.