Staggering job growth of 250,000 as wages rise 4% and violent crime continues to decline dramatically in the US

According to new reports from the FBI and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the extremely positive trend of falling crime and job growth continues in the United States.

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For its final annual report, which covers more than 94% of the country’s population, the FBI said this week that violent crime fell across the country last year, including a dramatic decline in the number of murders – down nearly 12% from 2022 to 2022 2023 – the biggest decline in decades.

The reported number of rapes also fell significantly, by more than 9%, while property crimes fell by an estimated 2.4%.

According to CNN, the FBI said in its report last year: “Every city agency with a population of 1,000,000 or more contributed data to the bureau’s crime reporting program for a full twelve months,” according to CNN.

Additionally, crime rates continued to decline from January to June in 2024, a new preliminary report says:

“A comparison of data from agencies that voluntarily submitted at least three or more common monthly data for January through June 2023 and 2024 shows that reported violent crime decreased by 10.3%. Murders fell by 22.7%, rapes by 17.7%, robberies by 13.6% and aggravated assault by 8.1%. Reported property crimes also decreased by 13.1%.”

Speaking to reporters, a senior FBI official defended its Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, which involves more than 16,000 states, counties, cities, universities and colleges, and tribal agencies, saying the bureau’s methodology “has been used for decades “consistent”. ”

Job growth increases as wages rise

A blockbuster jobs report on Friday showed the U.S. economy added 254,000 jobs in September – beating economists’ forecasts – while revising their estimates from the previous two months.

Most new jobs were created in food and beverage services (+69,000), healthcare (+45,000), government (+31,000), social assistance (+27,000) and construction (+25,000).

And people may be finding more money in their pockets because the average hourly wage in the U.S. has risen 4 percent over the past 12 months, well above inflation, which is now back to pre-pandemic levels.

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According to U.S. Labor Department data released Sept. 11, the annual inflation rate was 2.5% in the last 12 months through August, compared with 3.4% a year earlier.

The good news sent stocks soaring: The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 341 points on Friday, hitting another all-time closing high of 42,352.

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