Amidst the flurry of figures released, a striking detail emerged: a whopping 1.2 million jobs previously held by native-born workers were lost, and, interestingly, this void was filled with a significant rise in foreign-born employment, amounting to 668,000.
The consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, rose 0.4% in February, up 6% from February 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday.