Friday, September 7, 2012

August jobs report

  • August Jobs Report: Unemployment Falls to 8.1...

    American employers added just 96,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department reported Friday. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent as the economy slogged along for the 43rd month in a row with joblessness above 8 percent.

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  • Analysis: Jobs report will fuel both campaigns

    "The August jobs report was disappointing, signaling that businesses remain very cautious," Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, told USA TODAY.

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  • Hope rises for August jobs report

    WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - A slew of surprisingly strong economic reports on Thursday raises the chances that Friday's critical August employment report will be better than had been anticipated by Wall Street economists. "The evidence is that the ...

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  • Will August job report propel the Fed into action?

    (MoneyWatch) The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in August and there were 96,000 nonfarm jobs created, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of jobs created, 103,000 in the private sector and a loss of 7,000 in ...

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  • Is August Jobs Report a "Kick in the Gut"?

    Will Presidential candidate Mitt Romney announce Friday that the August jobs report is a kick in the gut as he did in his comment on the June report?

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  • Obama: August jobs report 'not good enough'

    President Barack Obama, First lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Biden's wife Jill campaign in …President Barack Obama said Friday that new data showing that the sputtering economy created just 96,000 new jobs in August was "not good ...

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  • August Jobs Report: Importing Jobs to US

    As we await the monthly jobs report for August at 8:30 a.m. EST Friday to assess the state of the economy, it's a good opportunity to look at the other side of the employment coin: The foreign-based U.S. employers who employ about 5 million Americans.

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  • Jobs report bad news for Obama; why not for stocks? [Video Discussion]

    U.S. employers added a disappointing 96,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department said Friday, and the unemployment rate was revised down, but for the wrong reasons -- more people dropped out of the labor force. That's bad news for President Obama, ...

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  • Stocks sluggish as investors weigh jobs, possible Fed action

    Reprints & Permissions. NEW YORK - Two major stock indexes were essentially flat in afternoon trading Friday as investors' disappointment with the August employment report clashed with their hopes of another easing from the Federal Reserve. Broker Paul ...

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  • Heritage Employment Report: Dog Days of August Howl in the Labor Market

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy created on net 96,000 new jobs in August and that the unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent. The decline in the unemployment rate was entirely due to a steep decline in the percentage of ...

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  • Jobs Report Looked Bad, But Was It QE3-Bad? Bernanke May Just Extend Low ...

    The August jobs report left a bittersweet taste. While the number came as a disappointment, substantially under analysts' expectations, the politically and psychologically important unemployment rate ticked down to 8.1%.

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  • August Jobs Report: The Private Sector Continues to Grow

    The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in August, according to today's employment report, which is the lowest rate since the onset of the recession.

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  • US Stocks Climb Despite Weak Jobs Report

    NEW YORK—Stocks traded higher as a worse-than-expected August jobs report stoked speculation the Federal Reserve will unveil further stimulus.

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  • Legal Jobs Report: August

    Professional and technical services as a group - which includes legal, accounting and bookkeeping, architecture and engineering, computer systems design, and management and technical consulting - accounted for 26,800 new jobs in August, according ...

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  • August Job Numbers: Last Ones Before Voting Begins

    Not exactly. Although job numbers for August, September and October will be released before Election Day, August's jobs report, which comes out Friday, is the last one before general election voting begins, thanks to early voting. Between Friday's jobs ...

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  • White House: Jobs report 'further evidence' economy is recovering

    White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman Alan Krueger responded to the August jobs report (in which there is little in the way of good news for President Obama) released Friday morning by saying the data show the economy is continuing to ...

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  • Dollar Weakens as August Jobs Report Lifts Fed Bets

    The dollar weakened to a three-month low against the euro as U.S. employers added fewer jobs in August than forecast, boosting speculation the Federal Reserve will increase its monetary stimulus.

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  • Campaign react to mixed jobs report

    The Economist's Greg Ip, pollster Peter Hart and Politico's John Harris talk about the August jobs report and respond to President Barack Obama's remarks about the economy.

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  • Jobs Report: 368000 Americans Gave Up Hope

    The most troubling aspect of the August jobs report released earlier Friday could well be the revelation that 368,000 potential employees simply gave up looking for work.

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  • TREASURIES-US jobs report rallies bonds, raises QE3 hopes

    By Ellen Freilich NEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries rallied on Friday after a weaker-than-expected August U.S. jobs report boosted hopes that the Federal Reserve would buy more bonds to help shift the economy into a gear that could create ...

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