December Jobs Gain Is Less Than Expected
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U.S. employers added 157,000 new  jobs in December, slightly fewer than expected, as retailers  surprisingly shed employees during the holiday shopping season,  the Labor Department reported on Friday.
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The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week although much of the improvement reflected unusual factors related to the Christmas holiday.
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The increase was smaller than expected, suggesting resilience in the labor markets.
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US unemployment rises in January as the economy creates fewer new jobs than anticipated.
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The U.S. economy added a modest  97,000 jobs in February, the smallest gain in two years, but  job growth in prior months was stronger than first thought and  the unemployment rate dropped, the government said on Friday,  easing fears over economic weakness.
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The US economy added fewer jobs than expected in December,  but created more jobs in 2004 than any time since 1999.
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The number of U.S. workers claiming first-time jobless benefits fell 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 328,000 last week, slightly lower than Wall Street expectations, a government report showed.
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U.S. employers added just 146,000  jobs in January, the government said on Friday in an  unexpectedly weak report on the labor market, while a drop in  job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in  more than three years.
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The US creates fewer jobs than expected in January, but the unemployment rate is at its lowest level since September 2001.
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U.S. employment costs rose a  slightly less-than-expected 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter  of 2004, as salaries and wages grew at their slowest rate in  nearly six years, a government report showed on Friday.
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Business & money: Number of people out of work and claiming benefit fell for 15th straight month in December
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A smaller-than-expected 157,000 new  jobs were added to U.S. payrolls in December as retailers  surprisingly shed employees during the holiday shopping season,  the Labor Department  reported on Friday.
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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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U.S. factories picked up their pace in  December, capping off a year of expansion in the manufacturing  industry despite some recent signs of a downturn in employment,  a report showed on Monday.
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U.S. consumer confidence rose slightly in December with a marginal improvement in the outlook for business conditions, employment and inflation, according to a private report on Thursday.
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Growth in the huge U.S. services sector rose in December, although employment declined slightly, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
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AMERICA&#39;S payrolls picked up last month, with the economy adding 144,000 jobs, slightly less than economists were forecasting and highlighting the slow and uneven recovery in the labour market that jobseekers have braved.