The U.S. economy generated jobs last month at the fastest pace since February, a sign it is resilient enough to pull out of a midyear slump and grow modestly even as the rest of the world slows down. The 163,000 jobs employers added in July ended three months of weak hiring. But the surprising gains [...]
Jobs Added, But Not Enough to Drive Down Unemployment Rate
August 4, 2012 | Posted by
The U.S. economy generated jobs last month at the fastest pace since February, a sign it is resilient enough to pull out of a midyear slump and grow modestly even as the rest of the world slows down. The 163,000 jobs employers added in July ended three months of weak hiring. But the surprising gains [...]
Jobs Report Encouraging to President, But Unemployment Still Rises
August 3, 2012 | Posted by
The July jobs report released today provided encouraging news for President Obama, with the economy adding more jobs than many analysts expected, but it also gave some fodder to Republican Mitt Romney as the unemployment rate ticked upward from 8.2 percent last month to 8.3 percent now. As expected, both campaigns pounced on the news, [...]
