US economy loses jobs for first time since 2003
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The US economy suffered 17,000 job losses in January marking the first monthly losses since 2003, a government snapshot showed Friday in a fresh sign of brewing economic trouble.
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U.S. manufacturing contracted in November for the first time in 3-1/2 years, while construction spending fell sharply in October, according to reports on Friday pointing to a slowdown in the U.S. economy.
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U.S. Mid-Atlantic factory activity  retrenched for the first time in over three years in September,  the latest sign of a rapidly-slowing economy.
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Orders placed with US factories fell for the first time in four months, the Commerce Department said yesterday, with demand dropping sharply for commercial airplanes and parts.
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The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless pay fell by much more than expected last week to 317,000 in the steepest decline in three years, Labor Department data showed on Thursday.
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A gauge of US manufacturing fell this month to the lowest in more than a year, incomes lagged spending in September and home construction declined in the final economic reports before tomorrow&#39;s presidential election.
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FOR MANY Americans, 2003 was a year of economic stagnation and increasing insecurity, according to Census Bureau figures released yesterday.
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The jobless total fell by 67,000 to 1.38 million, the lowest since records began in 1984, the Office For National Statistics said.
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Financial markets were hit hard by a disappointing jobs report.
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The U.S. is heading into its first recession in a truly globalized world. Here's what to expect -- and why it will be different this time
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The number of Americans with jobs fell for the first time in four years in August, as Friday's closely watched government jobs report came in much weaker than Wall Street forecasts.
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The U.S. is heading into its first recession in a truly globalized world. What to expect  -  and why it will be different this time
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The U.S. economy grew faster than first thought in the third quarter on strong business investment, as the housing sector posted its biggest decline in more than 15 years, the government said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- First-time applications for jobless benefits fell last week, evidence that the US labor market is holding up in the face of a widening credit crunch.
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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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The US economic outlook has suddenly darkened in the wake of data showing a stalling of the job growth machine, raising risks that a housing slump will lead to a full-blown recession, analysts say.
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Half of the technology job losses since 2001 have come since the recession officially ended.