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Modest job growth numbers beat 'low bar' expectations... finally got a break in better-than-expected unemployment numbers issued Friday morning with 117000 jobs added and the unemployment rate ticking down 0.1 percentage point to 9.1 percent, according to a US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report. ... read more
The Morning Jobs Report--Not as Terrible as it Might Seem
As soon as this morning's job report came out, the BLS server crashed--presumably from the flood of people who were trying to find out whether they still had a job. The headline numbers came across the wire, but anguished pundits were ... read more
July 2011 BLS Employment Better – But Still Not Good
The BLS employment situation for July 2011 headlines report non-farm employment growth of 117000 and unemployment down slightly at 9.1%. The BLS's headline number includes government non-farm employment, and excluding the government sector, BLS private ... read more
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