Payrolls post first decline in 4 years
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Payrolls shrank in August for the first time in four years, the Labor Department reported on Friday, prompting calls for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates before credit market turmoil drags the economy into recession.
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Stock index futures dropped on Friday after data showed monthly hiring contracted for the first time in four years, fanning recession fears and adding pressure for a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut.
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HOUSE prices have shown their largest decline in four years, according to figures out yesterday. The data came as the Bank of England announced that its interest rates would stay at 4.75 per cent.
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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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Stock indexes tumbled more than 1.7 percent on Friday after the government announced the first monthly drop in payrolls in four years, fanning fears of a recession.
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Employers added 97,000 workers, and the jobless rate ticked down to 4.5 percent from 4.6 percent.
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Stocks slid on Friday, driving each of the major indexes more than 1 percent lower, as the government reported the first monthly drop in payrolls in four years, stoking market concerns about a recession.
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Stocks tumbled on Friday, driving major indexes down nearly 2 percent, as data showing the first monthly drop in payrolls in four years stoked fears on Wall Street that the economy was headed into recession.
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The ranks of Americans filing initial claims for jobless pay shrank by more than expected last week to 323,000, government data showed on Wednesday, while continued claims fell to a 3-1/2 year low in more good news for the US labor
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Workers filing for initial unemployment benefits fell 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 328,000 last week, a government report said, to a slightly lower level than Wall Street expected.
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The number of U.S. workers signing up for first-time jobless benefits fell to a seasonally adjusted 308,000 last week, slightly lower than expected, a government report on Thursday showed.
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The number of U.S. workers filing for first-time jobless benefits fell sharply last week, government data showed on Thursday, but the decline was smaller than expected, and economists say layoffs remained elevated because of winter storms.
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Business productivity growth was  revised down sharply in the fourth quarter to an annualized 1.6  percent pace, government data on Tuesday showed, suggesting  inflation pressures as labor costs soared.
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SHOWER OF PINK SLIPS: U.S. employers cut jobs last month for the first time in more than four years, the starkest signal yet that the economy is grinding to a halt if it hasn't already toppled into recession. Employers cut jobs by 17,000.
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Employers cut 4,000 jobs in August,  the first time in four years that monthly hiring contracted,  the government said on Friday in a report certain to boost  pressure on Federal Reserve policy makers to cut interest  rates.
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The number of U.S. workers applying for jobless benefits fell by 20,000 last week to 307,000, in a much sharper decline than expected that underscored the strength of the labor market, government data showed on Thursday.
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Business & money: Wage growth in the public sector slows to lowest level in nine years.