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Terrible jobs report
The jobs report for April was disappointing, at best. The silver lining: it will help keep mortgage rates at or near record lows this week. Continue reading
Where are the jobs?
Think the economy is recovering because the job market has improved? Think again.
The employment report released today is disappointing, at best. The U.S. economy added only 120,000 jobs in March, half of what it added in February, the Labor Department… Continue reading
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Rates yawn to jobs report
Bad news: The Labor Department says the economy added only 80,000 jobs in October. That’s short of the 95,000 jobs that economists had expected.
Good news: The unemployment rate dipped to 9 percent after it had been stuck at 9.1 percent since April. An… Continue reading
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