Slow growth puts employment in campaign focus
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The US economy created a disappointing 96,000 new jobs last month, raising questions about the economic recovery and ensuring that the job market will be a hotly debated topic
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Employers' payrolls grew by just 96,000 in September in a weaker-than-expected government report Friday that provided a final snapshot before Election Day of a lackluster jobs market.
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The sluggish pace of job growth in November hasn&#39;t changed the odds for a quarter point interest rate hike later this month, but maybe it should.
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Employers&#39; payrolls grew by just 96,000 in September in a weaker-than-expected government report Friday that provided a final snapshot before Election Day of a lackluster jobs market.
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US businesses added 96,000 jobs to payrolls in September, the government has reported, a weaker-than-expected total that is expected to sharpen a presidential debate later in the day over the economy&#39;s direction.
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Companies added 96,000 jobs to their payrolls in September, fewer than economists forecast for the last employment report before Election Day, highlighting a modest pace of hiring that has become an issue in President Bush's bid for re-election.
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MILWAUKEE -- Twenty-three percent of US employers plan to hire more people in the first quarter of next year, a level of growth on par with the same period last year but lower than more recent quarters, according to a survey of 14,000 companies.
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Growth in the vast U.S. services  sector slowed in September, but mixed data on employment on  Tuesday focused economists' attention on upcoming payrolls data  to get a clearer sign about the outlook.
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A concentrated burst of advertising is putting the candidatesâ strategies out in the open and is highlighting the diverging financial fortunes of the two parties.
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The economy grew at a faster pace this spring than previously thought, but was at its weakest showing in more than a year, providing ammunition to both candidates in the final weeks of the presidential race.
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MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina  - Republican presidential candidates said on Thursday the U.S. economy was going through a difficult slowdown but an election-year recession could be avoided with the right mix of policies.
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Employment grew by 96,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, well below the level needed to keep pace with the expansion in the labor force and presenting a weak picture
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The pace of economic growth has been a point of contention throughout the Presidential campaign, and just in time for Election Day, the government&#39;s advance report on
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Sept. 6, 2004 - The presidential candidates and their running mates fanned out across the Midwest with Labor Day messages promising job creation, appealing for votes in the territory pivotal to winning November&#39;s election.
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With key staff resignations and dwindling cash, the Republican hopeful tries to keep his campaign from imploding
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The nation&#39;s labor markets sputtered again last month as job growth, which surged in October, reverted to the lackluster pace that has marked the recovery for much of the year.
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A month ago, his campaign was saying it was going to focus on domestic issues. The federal deficit. Unemployment. Outsourcing. They promised a vision for the future with lots of new initiatives.