BLS reports: Foreign-born unemployment rate; productivity in service industries

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Unemployment rate for the foreign born declines to 4.3% in 2016

Economic News Release USDL-17-0618

Foreign-born Workers: Labor Force Characteristics Summary

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, May 18, 2017

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FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS -- 2016


The unemployment rate for foreign-born persons in the United States was 4.3 percent in 2016, down from 4.9 percent in 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The jobless rate of native-born persons fell to 5.0 percent in 2016 from 5.4 percent in the prior year.

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Productivity rises in 17 of 28 selected service-providing industries in 2016

Economic News Release USDL-17-0619

Productivity and Costs by Industry: Selected Service-Providing Industries, 2016

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, May 18, 2017

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PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY
SELECTED SERVICE-PROVIDING INDUSTRIES -- 2016


Labor productivity rose in 17 of 28 selected service-providing industries in 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was greater than in 2015, when labor productivity increased in 14 of 28 industries. In 2016, output and hours increased in fewer industries than in 2015.

Unit labor costs declined in 5 industries in 2016. Each of the industries with declines in unit labor costs also recorded increases in productivity. Increases in labor productivity counter the impact of rising hourly compensation on unit labor costs facing employers.

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