US economy in September creates jobs at a slower pace: more people looking for work

Monday, October 10th 2016 - 10:26 UTC

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The US economy created 156,000 jobs in September, official figures show, slightly fewer than expected. However, August figure was revised higher to 167,000 from 151,000. Both figures are lower than 180,000 average for this year. The unemployment rate edged up to 5% from 4.9%, although that was due to more people looking for work. Read full article

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ChrisR
Go, Stop, Go, Stop.

Sound familiar?
Oct 10th, 2016 - 05:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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More people looking for work in a country where there are no decent well-paying permanent jobs available.
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Hepatia
[url=http://en.mercopress.com/2016/10/10/us-economy-in-september-creates-jobs-at-a-slower-pace-more-people-looking-for-work/comments#comment451853]Of course there are good paying jobs available[/url]. What are you talking about!
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