Month: May 2022

WASHINGTON — The governing body of the International Monetary Fund has permitted a $650 billion growth in the agency’s resources to support economically susceptible countries battling the coronavirus pandemic and the economic downturn it has brought on. WASHINGTON — The variety of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week by 14,000 to 385,000, more evidence that the economy and the job market are rebounding briskly from the coronavirus recession. WASHINGTON — U.S. employers posted a document 10.1 million job openings in June, one other signal that the job market and economy are bouncing back briskly from last year’s coronavirus shutdowns. Job openings rose from 9.5 million in May, the Labor Department reported Monday.

Jobless claims dropped by 24,000 to four hundred,000 final week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s economic system contracted within the three months ending in June as export progress decelerated and the Chinese territory ready to launch a voucher scheme to boost consumer spending. MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s economic system accelerated within the second quarter of the yr, growing 1.5{384657de762d2b88b1408f154c6be17e68def4f427972d0f01685bb85b78a590} in comparability with the first three months, according to preliminary knowledge launched Friday by Mexico’s statistics agency. BEIJING — China’s manufacturing development …