January Job Gains Less Than Expected
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U.S. employers added just 146,000 new jobs in January and hiring in the previous three months was revised lower, the government said on Friday in an unexpectedly weak report on the job market, but a drop in job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years.
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Employers added 132,000 jobs last month, a moderate pace slightly above what forecasters were expecting.
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Fewer Americans signed up for unemployment benefits last week, raising hopes that the nation's job market will show improvement moving into the new year.
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WASHINGTON -- Employers added just 51,000 jobs in September, the fewest in almost a year, while the unemployment rate dropped down to 4.6 percent _ offering a mixed picture of the nation's jobs climate.
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U.S. factory output grew more slowly  in January as companies received fewer orders, although  managers did show a renewed desire to hire new workers, an  industry survey showed on Tuesday.
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The nation's unemployment rate dipped to 4.5 percent in February even as big losses of construction and factory jobs restrained overall payroll growth. Wages grew briskly.
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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, but a drop in job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in more than three years.
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Employers boosted payrolls by a better-than-expected 132,000 jobs in June, enough to keep the unemployment rate at a relatively low 4.5 percent. It was another sign that the economy is snapping out of a nearly yearlong sluggish spell.
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U.S. employers added a scant 51,000 jobs in September, far fewer than expected, but the job count for prior months was revised sharply higher and wage earnings rose, dimming hopes for interest rate cuts next year.
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WASHINGTON -- The efficiency of workers rose at a modest pace in the final three months of last year, far below the gain originally estimated, while worker wages and benefits soared.
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Employers in the United States added fewer workers than forecast last month and the jobless rate rose, evidence of an economy growing at the moderate pace predicted by the Federal Reserve.
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The nation's industrial output posted a modest increase in January as strength at utilities offset weakness in manufacturing and mining.
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US employers pulled back on hiring as they entered the holiday shopping season, adding just 112,000 new jobs overall in November. It was the weakest gain in five months and about half of what economists had forecast.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  on  Thursday reported a lower-than-expected 0.5 percent rise in its  January sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, citing  unfavorable weather and gift card redemptions that were below  expectations.
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The U.S. economy added a weaker-than-expected 111,000 jobs in January, but the job picture was much brighter than first estimated in the final quarter of last year, a government report on Friday showed.
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U.S. industrial output dropped unexpectedly in January as automakers slashed production, while new claims for jobless rose sharply last week partly due to winter storms, data released on Thursday showed.
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The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose less than forecast last week and held below the year&#39;s average, a government report showed today.