other industries for workers. now, you can see here, the average hourly earnings combats out to $32.19 signs for a construction job last month. that is up 6% from last year and much higher than the average hourly earnings of 20 7:30 three across the private sector. now, still, hiring is happening but nowhere near what is needed contractors hired 455,000 people last month but that is less than nearly a 500,000 jobs that still left open. now industry experts say that somebody construction jobs are available that can fit are able to avoid undesirable shifts over consistence for example road construction jobs requiring overnight shifts they have been hard to fill, watch. one stick a that we have for labor. truck drivers do not want to work at night. and that is whether they are
VIETNAM - The Philippine beach handball team snatched its second straight victory at the expense of Singapore, 22-19, 22-16, at Tuan Chau Island in Quang Ninh Province here on Sunday. The win was a fitting follow-up to the Filipinos' 18-16, 18-16 upset of Thailand, which clinched silver in the 2019 Philippines Games, two days ago. Meanwhile, Andriane Drake finished fourth-and last-in the women's 1-meter springboard of diving on Sunday afternoon, a performance that could augur well for the youngster in future Southeast Asian Games. Only 17 and a SEA Games first-timer, Drake was ranged against experienced divers Nur Dhabitah Sabri and Kimberly Bong Quian, who finished 1-2 in the event, thus, allowing Malaysia to win the first top medals of the Games that has yet to formally open on Thursday. Sabri, a multi-medalist in Commonwealth and Asian Games and owner of four SEA Games gold medals, scored 290.45 points while her equally experienced teammate posted 230.00 points for the silve
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with gas prices different all over the place, it is like you got to travel miles upon miles to find a good deal. reporter: what is so interesting, this is typically the time of year when gas prices are pretty low, between labor day and thanksgiving, when demand drops, this time last year, the average price for a gallon of regular was $2.19. this is really going to sting for a lot of people as this is just now starting to tick up. jim, erica? we should note that comparing to prices during the pandemic is a little apples and oranges because there was a real trough in demand due to the shutdown of the world economy. but it is definitely going up well beyond where we were prior and, christine, a lot of political charges going back and forth about who is to blame for this. is this a market issue or a policy issue? what is driving it up? this has been called the shortage economy, and around the world, a global interconnected supply chain, one little blip and it goes it affects
and aaa says we re really only starting to see the beginning of these prices spiking. what people should know is this is not a shortage. people think uh-oh, prices are going up, there must be a shortage. we have plenty of supply and there s plenty of oil. it s just that the price of that oil is going up. reporter: what s so interesting is this is typically the time of year when prices for gas are actually pretty low, between labor day and thanksgiving, when the demand for driving drops. it was $2.19 on average this time last year. maybe a bit of an apples and oranges comparison, but it underscores this is going to feel a lot worse for folks who got used to those low prices. jim and erica? no question. quite a difference in a short period of time. money pete muntean, thanks very. peggy green is a senior fellow at harvard s kennedy school. on gas prices, we just heard from aaa, it s not about