96,000 jobs added in US in September
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US employers added 96,000 jobs last month, a tepid performance that disappointed Wall Street markets but was strong enough to keep the unemployment rate from rising above 5.4 percent.
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US employers will add jobs at a quicker pace at the end of 2004 and throughout 2005 than earlier expected, according to a survey of economic forecasters out Monday.
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US employers added 96,000 workers in September, fewer than expected, in the last jobs report Americans will see before deciding between President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry in November.
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US businesses added just 96,000 jobs to payrolls in September, the government reported on Friday, a weaker-than-expected total that was expected to sharpen a presidential debate later in the day over the economy&#39;s direction.
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WASHINGTON : US weekly jobless claims rose 16,000 in the past week to 333,000, according to the Labor Department. The number of claims in the week to September 11 remained below the average Wall Street estimate
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Layoff announcements by US companies surged 45 percent in September to nearly 108,000, the highest number of planned job cuts since January, outplacement firm Challenger Grey &amp; Christmas said Tuesday.
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Business activity in the U.S. Midwest  grew in September at a faster-than-expected rate, hinting that  the economy is climbing out of its summer slow patch, a report  showed on Thursday.
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The following are comments from stock market analysts and strategists about the US Labor Department&#39;s report that US nonfarm payrolls expanded by a less-than-expected 96,000 in September.
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The nation added 96,000 jobs in September, a weaker-than-expected figure that could play a pivotal role in the presidential election.
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WASHINGTON _ In a report with political significance, the Labor Department said Friday that companies added 96,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, far short of the 150,000 increase that had been widely expected.
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US businesses added 96,000 jobs to payrolls in September, the government reported on Friday, a weaker-than-expected total that was expected to sharpen a presidential debate later in the day over the economy&#39;s direction.
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U.S. planned job cuts soared to an eight-month high in September while new hiring rose only slightly, a report said on Tuesday.
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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, highlighting a modest pace of hiring that has become an issue in President Bush's bid for another term.    The four hurricanes striking Florida and other coastal states the past two months "appears to have held down employment growth, but not enough to change (the overall jobs picture) materially," the Labor Department said Friday in assessing September's national employment situation...
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U.S. stocks began September with   strong gains on Friday as a report showing slightly   more-than-expected U.S. job growth in August lifted hopes that   companies will sustain profitability even as the expansion   moderates.
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Employment grew by 96,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, well below the level needed to keep pace with the expansion in the labor force and presenting a weak picture
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Job growth in the United States soared in October, exceeding even the most optimistic forecasts on Wall Street. The US Labor Department says the growth was spurred by rebuilding in the hurricane-battered south-east and brisk hiring in service industries.
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U.S. employers added a scant 51,000 jobs in September, far below market expectations, according to a government report on Friday that showed broad weakness in the manufacturing and retail sectors.