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.abcnews.go.com
Graph: Unemployment rate
New jobs numbers released on Friday came in lower than expected, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama's reelection campaign a day after the president closed out the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.www.politico.com
Canadian economy adds 34300 jobs, but unemployment rate remains at 7.3 ...
TORONTO - The Canadian economy added 34,300 new jobs in August, topping expectations of only modest gains and reversing the previous month's setback, Statistics Canada reported Friday.www.washingtonpost.com
Unemployment Rate for Young Adults at 12.7 Percent in August
The youth unemployment rate for 18-29 year old African-Americans for August 2012 is 22.4 percent (NSA); the youth unemployment rate for 18-29 year old Hispanics for August 2012 is 13.7 percent (NSA); and the youth unemployment rate for 18–29 year old ...www.opposingviews.com
European Stocks Gain Before US Jobs, Unemployment Data
European (SXXP) stocks rose, extending yesterday's biggest rally in a month, as investors awaited a U.S. report on payrolls and unemployment. U.S. index futures and Asian shares climbed. Banks contributed the most to the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 ...www.businessweek.com
US Unemployment Rate Drops Despite Disappointing Job Growth
(RTTNews) - Employment in the U.S. rose by much less than expected in the month of August, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Friday, although the report also showed an unexpected drop by the unemployment rate. The report ...www.rttnews.com
Total unemployment rate drops to 14.7 percent
Today's Employment Situation report showed that in August "total unemployment" including all marginally attached workers declined to 14.7% while the traditionally reported unemployment rate declined to 8.1%. Skip to next paragraph. SoldAtTheTop. Writer ...www.csmonitor.com
Unemployment Rate of 24.4% Puts Greece at the Edge
According to Trading Economics, "Historically, from 1998 until 2012, [the] Greece Unemployment Rate averaged 11.57 percent.www.thenewamerican.com
7 Ways Our Presidential Candidates Plan to Tackle Unemployment
So, how do our presidential candidates say they are planning to tackle unemployment if they win the election? Mitt Romney claims that, if elected, by the end of his first term he would lower the unemployment rate to 6 percent. Barack Obama outlined a ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Why unemployment rate fell: Fewer people seek jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs in August, a tepid figure that points to the economy's persistent weakness and slowing prospects for the unemployed. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent in July. But that was ...www.cleveland.com
Unemployment down slighty, few jobs added
Unemployment down slighty, few jobs added. A look at the U.S. employment picture. A look at the U.S. employment picture. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.www.washingtonpost.com
Why unemployment rate fell: Fewer people seek jobs
By CHRISTOPHER S RUGABER, AP Economics Writer - 1 minute ago. WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs in August, a tepid figure that points to the economy's persistent weakness and slowing prospects for the unemployed.www.google.com
Australian Unemployment Unexpectedly Falls, Lifting Currency
The unemployment rate fell to 5.1 percent from 5.2 percent in July, the statistics bureau said in Sydney today. The median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 23 economists was for a rise to 5.3 percent.www.businessweek.com
Unemployment numbers hobble Wall Street rally
Paradoxically, the official unemployment rate actually dropped to 8.1% in August. But this is actually hocus-pocus. The real reason for the "drop" in unemployment was the fact that 581,000 workers simply quit looking for work last month and thus are ...communities.washingtontimes.com
Cyclical unemployment and structural damage to economy
Cyclical unemployment and structural damage to economy. Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the Fed could be prepared to do more to stimulate growth.video.msnbc.msn.com
Thousands of Greek police join anti-austerity protests as June unemployment ...
The peaceful anti-government demonstration came amid deepening social gloom as official figures showed Greece's unemployment rate surged to 24.4 percent in June, including more than 1.2 million people out of work, many of them youths. It was the latest ...www.washingtonpost.com
96000 New Jobs in August and Unemployment Falls
Pretty bad new jobs report today says the economy added 96,000 new jobs in August and also featured downward revisions to the June and July payroll numbers.www.slate.com
National unemployment number released, Booker reacts to platform flap
While it won't directly address New Jersey's employment conditions, it may have an impact on the presidential election. It comes less than a month after New Jersey's jobless rate rose to 9.8 percent in July - the state's highest unemployment rate in ...blog.northjersey.com
Unemployment, Homelessness, and Debt: the Plight of the Young
The future to them looks bleak; unemployment, debt and homelessness in various combinations, or all three beckon. Of course these three scourges (unemployment-debt-homelessness) are linked. Youth unemployment (16-24 years old) is now 20.7 % in the ...www.opednews.com
Just 96000 Jobs Added To Payrolls; Unemployment Rate Dips To 8.1 Percent
Meanwhile, the nation's unemployment rate edged down to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent the month before. Often, the jobless rate dips even when employment growth is weak because the size of the labor force shrank as many Americans gave up looking for ...www.capradio.org
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