Slower Job Growth, at Least for Now
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The slowdown may signal that the economy is shifting down a notch from its unexpectedly robust pace of growth at the end of last year.
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The U.S. economy added a slightly  weaker-than-expected 97,000 jobs in February, the smallest gain  in more than two years, as increases in service-sector  employment offset declines in construction and manufacturing, a  government report showed on Friday.
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NEW YORK -- The economy could be headed for slower growth in the next several months, according to a report released yesterday by a private research group. A separate report showed a drop in weekly claims for unemployment benefits.
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A weaker-than-anticipated report on the US labor market, showing just 112,000 jobs added in November, disappointed some but confirms a still-sluggish pace of US economic growth, analysts said.
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Employers added just 51,000 jobs, the fewest in almost a year, but unemployment dropped to 4.6 percent.
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Fewer Americans filed jobless claims  last week and growth in worker productivity slowed sharply in  the third quarter, government data showed on Thursday, hinting  that conditions in the sluggish U.S. labor market have  improved.
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The U.S. economy grew at a slightly slower but brisk 3.8 percent annual rate in the second quarter, and fresh signs of a surprisingly buoyant job market emerged last week, government reports on Thursday showed.
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Job growth is reaching its peak, confirming that economic activity is slowing from its earlier brisk pace to a more sustainable rate.
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The economy added 97,000 jobs in February, the smallest gain in two years, but job growth in prior months was revised higher and the unemployment rate dropped, the government said on Friday in a report that eased fears over a sharp economic slowdown.
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Fewer Americans signed up for unemployment benefits last week, raising hopes that the nation&#39;s job market will show improvement moving into the new year.
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The economy could be headed for slower growth in the next several months, according to a report released Thursday by a private research group.
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The unemployment rate in the Washington area continued to hover around 3 percent in November, one of the lowest rates in the nation, but the pace of hiring at local firms slowed.
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WASHINGTON -- A hiring revival pulled the nation's unemployment rate down to 4.7 percent in August sending a Labor Day weekend message that the slowing economy isn't in danger of fizzling out. The latest snapshot, released by the Labor Department yesterday, was a bit brighter than expected and eased some fears that the economy -- weighed down by a housing ...
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U.S. worker productivity grew at a  slower pace than initially estimated during the first three  months of this year as the economy just inched ahead, driving  up labor costs and backing Federal Reserve sentiments that  inflation is indeed a concern.
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WASHINGTON Dec 30, 2004 - The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits dropped last week, a hopeful sign that the recovery in the jobs market is moving ahead.
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U.S. factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region grew slower than expected in July after a surprise surge in June, and initial claims last week for U.S. jobless benefits fell to a two-month low, a survey and a report showed on Thursday.
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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.