Slow Job Market Greets Workers Labor Day
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WASHINGTON - A spotty job market and stagnant paychecks cloud this Labor Day holiday for many workers, highlighting the importance of pocketbook issues in the presidential election.   "Working harder and enjoying it less," said economist Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics, summing up the state of working America...
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The number of U.S. workers signing up for unemployment aid edged down slightly last week, the Labor Department said on Thursday in a report underscoring stability in the labor market despite sluggish growth.
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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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On Wall Street, where they&#39;re eagerly awaiting some near-record bonuses this year, the workers were a bit worried about joblessness yesterday - other people&#39;s, not their own.
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Survey shows workers less optimistic about job market, with fewer saying personal finances are getting better.
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The number of U.S. workers signing  up for unemployment aid edged down slightly last week, the  Labor Department said on Thursday in a report underscoring  stability in the labor market despite sluggish growth.
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The pace of job creation picked up modestly in August and the unemployment rate edged down, the Labor Dept. said.
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The nation's labor market softened slightly last month, with the unemployment rate edging up to 4.6 percent as job growth slowed, the Labor Department said yesterday.
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U.S. growth slowed in some parts of  the country last month and private employers hired fewer people  than expected, according to reports on Wednesday that chime  with other weak signals from the economy.
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NEW YORKFewer Americans lined up to claim first-time jobless benefits last week but analysts said the modest decline said very little about the current state of the labour market.
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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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Job turnover in July moved at the slowest pace in more than a year due to a softening labor market, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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Growth in the vast U.S. services sector slowed in September, but mixed data on employment on Tuesday focused economists' attention on upcoming payrolls data to get a clearer sign about the outlook.
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U.S. growth slowed in some parts of the country last month and private employers hired fewer people than expected, according to reports on Wednesday that chime with other weak signals from the economy.
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The nation's labor markets sputtered again last month as job growth, which surged in October, reverted to the lackluster pace that has marked the recovery for much of the year.
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Growth in the vast U.S. services  sector slowed in September, but mixed data on employment on  Tuesday focused economists' attention on upcoming payrolls data  to get a clearer sign about the outlook.
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AMERICA&#39;S payrolls picked up last month, with the economy adding 144,000 jobs, slightly less than economists were forecasting and highlighting the slow and uneven recovery in the labour market that jobseekers have braved.