Job Gain Less Than Expected, 2004 Strong
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U.S. employers added 157,000  employees to payrolls in December, completing the strongest  year for job growth since 1999, according to a government  report on Friday that cemented expectations of rising interest  rates in 2005.
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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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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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Employers' payrolls grew by just 96,000 in September in a weaker-than-expected government report Friday that provided a final snapshot before Election Day of a lackluster jobs market.
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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.
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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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U.S. employers added just 146,000  jobs in January, the government said on Friday in an  unexpectedly weak report on the labor market, but a drop in  job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in  more than three years.
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Employers in the United States added fewer workers than forecast last month and the jobless rate rose, evidence of an economy growing at the moderate pace predicted by the Federal Reserve.
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U.S. employers added just 146,000 new jobs in January and hiring in the previous three months was revised lower, the government said on Friday in an unexpectedly weak report on the job market, but a drop in job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years.
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U.S. employers added just 51,000  jobs in September, far below market expectations, according to  a government report on Friday that showed weakness in  construction, manufacturing and retail.
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The productivity of US workers rose by less than first estimated in the first three months of 2007, figures show.
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The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose less than forecast last week and held below the year&#39;s average, a government report showed today.
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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 manufacturing and retail sectors.
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The economy grew at a weaker-than-expected rate in the final three months of last year, the government's latest estimate on Wednesday showed, as businesses built fewer inventories and consumers spent less.
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America's employers added 146,000 jobs in January -- a pickup from the previous month but still a somewhat lackluster pace that underscores the slow recovery as the nation's labor market tries to get back to full throttle.
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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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Makes solid gains in 'seasonally weaker quarter'