Economy added 97,000 payroll jobs in February
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The U.S. economy added a modest 97,000 jobs in February, the smallest gain in two years, but job growth in prior months was stronger than first thought and the unemployment rate dropped, the government said on Friday, easing fears over economic weakness.
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The number of new U.S. jobs climbed by an unexpectedly brisk 157,000 in May on a surge of hiring in service businesses while hiring in the factory sector continued to decline, Labor Department data showed on Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent, and workers got fatter paychecks in February, even as bad winter weather sent a bit of a chill through US job growth.
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NEW YORK -- Job cuts soared last month, topping the 100,000 mark for the first time since last January.
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The number of new U.S. jobs climbed  by an unexpectedly brisk 157,000 in May on a surge of hiring in  service businesses while hiring in the factory sector continued  to decline, Labor Department data showed on Friday.
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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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U.S. private employers likely added 57,000 new jobs in February, about half of what economists had expected, according to a report released on Wednesday, indicating weakness in the labor market and a slowing economy.
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The surplus in February was $23.76 billion, a statistic that is likely to add to tensions with the United States.
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The US economy added a much better-than-expected 337,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department said, setting the stage for a third day of major gains in the stock market.
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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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(CBS/AP) The Labor Department said Friday that employers&#39; payrolls increased by 96,000 overall in September while the unemployment rate held steady at 5.4 percent.
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Stock index futures rose briskly on Friday, signaling a higher market open, after a government report showed job growth in February was nearly in line with Wall Street's expectations and the unemployment rate fell, easing worries about the economy.
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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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U.S. private employers likely added  57,000 new jobs in February, about half of what economists had  expected, according to a report released on Wednesday,  indicating weakness in the labor market and a slowing economy.
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Employers added 97,000 workers, and the jobless rate ticked down to 4.5 percent from 4.6 percent.
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The number of new jobs climbed by an unexpectedly brisk 157,000 in May on a surge of hiring in service businesses while hiring in the factory sector continued to decline, Labor Department data showed on Friday.
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U.S. businesses added 96,000 jobs to payrolls in September, the government reported on Friday, a weaker-than-expected total that was expected to sharpen a presidential debate later in the day over the economy's direction.