Spurt of jobs surpasses forecasts
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Capping a week of triumphs for President Bush, new US economic figures released yesterday showed that employers added 337,000 people to their
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The number of new U.S. jobs climbed by an unexpectedly brisk 157,000 in May, while factory activity improved and consumers remained upbeat, according to data on Friday which suggested the economy was bouncing back.
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'Significantly exceeds previously estimated workforce-reduction target'
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The number of U.S. workers applying  for jobless benefits rose by an unexpectedly steep 12,000 last  week to 321,000, government data showed on Wednesday, but  remained at levels still pointing to a healthy labor market.
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Employers added 132,000 jobs in June and payrolls rose more strongly than previously thought in April and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined a strengthening job market.
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WASHINGTON - Companies added 96,000 jobs to their payrolls in September, fewer than economists forecast for the last employment report before Election Day. The figures underscored the modest hiring pace that has become an issue in President Bush's re-election bid...
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The US economy added a better-than-expected 132,000 jobs last month, official figures show.
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U.S. employers added 132,000 jobs in June and payrolls rose more strongly than previously thought in April and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined a strengthening job market.
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The number of U.S. workers signing up for first-time jobless benefits surged a bigger-than-expected 44,000 last week as wintry storms in the Midwest and Northeast put more people in the unemployment lines, the government said on Thursday.
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Employers added fewer jobs than expected in December while the unemployment rate shot up to a two-year high, according to a government report Friday that showed a job market much weaker than Wall Street expectations.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 3, 2004 - America&#39;s payrolls picked up in August, with the economy adding 144,000 jobs, slightly less than economists were forecasting and highlighting the slow and uneven recovery in the labor market that jobseekers have braved.
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The number of workers filing new claims for jobless aid jumped by a much larger-than-expected 69,000 last week to the highest in over two years, government data on Thursday showed, but the numbers were likely skewed by the timing of a public holiday.
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U.S. payrolls grew at the fastest  clip in seven months in October, the Labor Department said on  Friday, spurred by rebuilding in the hurricane-battered  Southeast and brisk hiring in service industries.
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NEW YORK, November 5  - The US economy witnessed the highest job growth in the past seven months in October this year, a monthly government data said today.
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A demand for workers outpaced big losses from the unwinding of the housing boom and a slowing economy.
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The number of U.S. workers applying for jobless benefits rose by an unexpectedly steep 12,000 last week to 321,000, government data showed on Wednesday, but remained at levels still pointing to a healthy labor market.
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Employers added a  stronger-than-expected 132,000 new jobs in June and also  boosted payrolls more strongly than previously thought in April  and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined  a strengthening job market.