146,000 Jobs Added in January, Below Expectations
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Weekly wages for rank-and-file workers fell because companies reduced the average length of the workweek.
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NEW YORK - U.S. manufacturing activity unexpectedly contracted in January, but consumer spending closed out last year on a strong note, according to data on Thursday that gave conflicting signals on the direction of the economy.
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U.S. employers added a  fewer-than-expected 121,000 workers to their payrolls last  month, but the jobless rate stayed at a five-year low and  hourly earnings rose, a government report showed on Friday.
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US industrial production rose a meagre 0.1% in January, the latest indication that the economy is stuttering.
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Investor's Business Daily - Construction employment may be 160,000 below what current data show, according to a study by Macroeconomic Advisers. The report comes amid debate over why construction employment has fallen only 0.6% since Sept. despite a double-digit drop in home building. Economists attribute the discrepancy to factors including undercounting and layoffs of illegal aliens who don&#39;t file for jobless benefits.
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Employers cut 17,000 jobs in January, the first decline in the work force in more than four years.
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Australiaâs jobless rate fell to a 31-year low in January as fewer people sought work, worsening a worker shortage that may fuel wages and inflation. The rate fell to 4.5 percent from 4.6 percent in December, the lowest since May 1976. Australian employers hired an extra 300,000 workers last year, the largest gain since 1989..
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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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Industrial output fell in January while the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits jumped sharply last week, according to a flurry of reports that raised doubts about the economy's health.
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U.S. manufacturing activity unexpectedly contracted in January as new orders and production fell, according to a survey published on Thursday.
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Private employers added 130,000 jobs in January, about three times the number that economists had been expecting, a report by a private employment service said on Wednesday.
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CHICAGO -- US employers added a moderately stronger-than-expected 132,000 new jobs last month, despite heavy layoffs in the sagging construction sector and softening factory employment, according to a Labor Department report released yesterday.
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US unemployment rises in January as the economy creates fewer new jobs than anticipated.
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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 up and earnings moved higher, dimming financial market hopes for interest rate cuts next year.
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U.S. employers unexpectedly cut  17,000 non-farm jobs in January, the first time in nearly 4-1/2  years that U.S. payrolls shrank as fading construction and  manufacturing sectors reflected the economy's waning momentum.
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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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U.S. factory output grew more slowly  in January as companies received fewer orders, although  managers did show a renewed willingness to hire.