May 25, 2013

Economy added 96K Jobs in August; Unemployment Falls to 8.1%

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*(Via CBS News) – U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs last month, a weak figure that could slow any momentum President Barack Obama hoped to gain from his speech to the Democratic National Convention. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent in July, the Labor Department said Friday. But that was only because [...]




Jobs Report: 3 Months of Solid Growth: Definite Trend Say Experts (Video)

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*(Via Yahoo News) – When something happens once, it’s a phenomenon. When something happens twice, it’s a coincidence. When something happens three times, it’s a trend. That’s an old journalistic rule of thumb. And by that rule, February’s employment report confirmed that we have a trend of decent employment growth. (Sorry, Republicans) The headline number [...]