September jobs below expectations
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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 sharply higher and wage earnings rose, dimming hopes for interest rate cuts next year.
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The number of U.S. workers claiming  first-time jobless benefits fell 10,000 to a seasonally  adjusted 328,000 last week, slightly lower than Wall Street  expectations, a government report showed.
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Growth in U.S. factory activity slowed  more than expected in September to its lowest since May, 2005,  with dips in measurements of employment and prices paid,  according to a survey published on Monday.
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President Bush&#39;s re-election hopes suffered a blow yesterday with news that the economy created just 96,000 new jobs in September, considerably fewer than expected.
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US employers hired just 96,000 workers in September, the government said on Friday in a weak jobs snapshot, the final one ahead of presidential elections that
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Issuing an economic report that could have a strong political impact, the Labor Department said Friday that US employers created 96,000 jobs in September, far fewer than most economists had expected.
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Payrolls grew by an estimated 96,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate remained at 5.4%, the Labor Department said Friday, providing fodder for the presidential campaign.
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U.S. payrolls grew by just 96,000  workers in September, the government said on Friday in a  surprisingly weak report that will sharpen criticism of  President Bush in a looming debate and may hasten a pause in  U.S. interest-rate rises.
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CHICAGO - US employers&#39; announced job-cut plans jumped 41 percent in September from the same month a year earlier, suggesting that employment growth is not picking up after a slowdown in the second quarter, a private survey found.
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Continued job worries resulted in an unexpected decline in consumer confidence in September, the second consecutive monthly dip, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday.
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U.S. private employers likely added  125,000 new jobs in September, holding the unemployment rate  steady at 4.7 percent and bolstering views that the economy has  slowed enough to persuade the Federal Reserve to hold interest  rates steady, according to a Reuters poll.
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Annual growth in workers&#39; pay slowed unexpectedly in the three months to September to its lowest this year, official data has shown, providing more
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COLUMBUS - John Kerry&#39;s campaign in Ohio seized on yesterday&#39;s Labor Department report that said the US economy added 96,000 jobs in September, a weaker total than expected in the last employment report before the Nov. 2 election.
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An index of US services dropped to a 16-month low in September, suggesting high energy prices may limit economic expansion. Yet a gain of more than 50 percent in the cost of oil this year didn't prevent executives from increasing hiring.
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NEW YORK - Job worries helped push consumer confidence down in September for the second consecutive month, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday.    The Consumer Confidence Index fell 1.9 points to 96.8 from a revised reading of 98.7 in August, according to The Conference Board...
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September quarter was a good one, but software maker's revenue forecast for current period falls short of analysts' expectations.
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NEW YORK  -U.S. stock index futures dropped, pointing to a weaker market open on Friday, after September employment data showed fewer-than-expected jobs were created in September, signaling a weaker economy.