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Business Daily: What’s really going on in the US jobs market?

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What’s really going on in the US jobs market?

05/06/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, What’s really going on in the US jobs market?

Figures suggest that more people are in work - we look at the situation on the ground

President Biden says the US economy is the ‘envy of the world’ and that his administration has added record job numbers - we find out how jobseekers and recruiters feel.

President Biden has claimed the US economy is the ‘envy of the world’ and that his administration has added record job numbers, with around one million people hired since the turn of this year.

With inflation falling and the possibility of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, we find out if the rosy economic picture is being felt by those who are hiring or trying to get hired.

(Image: A sign on a wall recruiting for staff at a hotel in California in 2024 as a man walks by. Credit: Getty Images)

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