Job creation falls short of forecasts
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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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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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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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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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A surprisingly soft 112,000 new U.S. jobs were created in November, the Labor Department said on Friday, casting a shadow across an already downbeat holiday sales season with consumers apparently worried by scarce work and high oil prices.
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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 in the  manufacturing and retail sectors.
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A surprisingly soft 112,000 new U.S.  jobs were created in November, the Labor Department said on  Friday, casting a shadow across an already downbeat holiday  sales season with consumers apparently worried by scarce work  and high oil prices.
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Fewer workers signed up for unemployment aid last week, underscoring stability in the labor market, and inventories at U.S. wholesalers picked up in April in a sign businesses are preparing for more demand later this year.
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Companies added 96,000 jobs to their payrolls in September, fewer than economists forecast for the last employment report before Election Day, highlighting a modest pace of hiring that has become an issue in President Bush's bid for re-election.
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US 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&#39;s direction.
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The nation&#39;s unemployment rate was a respectably low 5.4 percent in September -- but the number of new jobs created -- 96,000 --- was well below analysts&#39; expectations of 150,000
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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 Bush administration expects revised data due on Friday to show the pace of job creation in the year leading up to March was much swifter than had been believed, economists who received a White House memo on the subject said on Tuesday.
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A weaker-than-anticipated report on the US labor market, showing just 112,000 jobs added in November, disappointed some but confirms a still-sluggish pace of US economic growth, analysts said.
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The economy added 112,000 payroll jobs in November, the Labor Dept. reported today, far fewer than the month before.
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Payroll growth was the weakest in two years in February but a lower unemployment rate and a revision higher for January job growth hinted at surprising resilience in the nation's labor market.
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WASHINGTON - Companies added 96,000 jobs to their payrolls in September, fewer than economists forecast for the last employment report before Election Day, highlighting a modest pace of hiring that has become an issue in President Bush's bid for another term.    The four hurricanes striking Florida and other coastal states the past two months "appears to have held down employment growth, but not enough to change (the overall jobs picture) materially," the Labor Department said Friday in assessing September's national employment situation...