According to the US Department of Labor, the number of applications for unemployment benefits continued to decline last week, although it may take a lot of time to fully recover the labor market after a pandemic. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits for the first time in the week of June 6 was 1.542 million. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, on average, predicted a decrease in the number of applications to 1.55 million. The number of applications is gradually decreasing after reaching a historical maximum of 6.867 million in the week ended March 28. The number of people continuing to receive unemployment benefits fell less than expected to 20.929, compared with 21.268 million a week earlier. In May, the number of jobs in the US economy increased by 2.509 million. Unemployment fell to 13.3% from 14.7% in April.
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