In Trying Time, Scaling Down Expectations of Job Growth
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here was a time when adding just under 150,000 jobs a month, three years into an economic recovery, would have been considered a disaster.
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Earnings expectations were trounced, but projections don't measure up.
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Wary employers clamped down on hiring and pushed the unemployment rate to a two-year high of 5 percent in December, an ominous sign that the economy may slide into recession. President Bush explored a rescue package, including a tax cut, with his economic advisers.
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August employment grew at the slowest rate in four years.
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Consumers were feeling confident in January: The job market was chugging along and oil prices were down. Their optimism may dwindle, however, on concerns that job and wage growth may slow.
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A year ago, the housing market was cooling, interest rates were on the rise and the conventional wisdom was that 2006 would be the year that the U.S. economy sputtered. One could be forgiven for thinking that the Washington regional economy would slow down after a blistering three years.
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Payroll growth was the weakest in two years in February but a lower unemployment rate and a revision higher for January job growth hinted at surprising resilience in the nation's labor market.
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Owners of small business are losing  faith in the U.S. economy as they scale back plans to hire  workers and make capital expenditures, a small business survey  released on Tuesday showed.
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Many of the nation&#39;s employers expect to begin the new year by hiring, according to a study released yesterday. That positive outlook continues the swelling of payrolls that has characterized the last three financial quarters.
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US economists have trimmed their forecasts for hiring and economic growth in view of steep energy prices and other factors, a Wall Street Journal survey showed.
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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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Growth-stock investing has required the patience of Job during the last few years. Is it time for a turnaround, for growth to overtake value?
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US economic growth will slow to 3.5 percent in 2005 from 3.9 percent this year, generating average monthly gains in payrolls of about 175,000 jobs, according to President George W. Bush&#39;s administration.
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Job cuts at European investment banks are set to accelerate, suggesting the sector is not too optimistic on revenues and is feeling the pressure to boost returns by clamping down on costs.
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There was a time when adding slightly fewer than 150,000 jobs a month in the United States, three years into an economic recovery, would have been considered a disaster.
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Mandating an increase in the federal minimum wage is likely to reduce demand for the services of those at the bottom of the economic heap.
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Disappointments abound across business lines. Apparently, it is time for a change.