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Jun 02

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Falling unemployment, stalled growth: What the latest jobs report means for the economy

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According to the Labor Department, the unemployment rate dropped from 4.4 percent to 4.3 percent last month -- the lowest number in 16 years. At the same time, job growth seems to have stalled. Diane Swonk of Diane Swonk Economics…

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Jun 02

Analysis: Today’s unemployment number fools us and President Trump, but for different reasons

By Paul Solman

A quick look at today’s headline unemployment number, and you’d think the U.S. job market was killing it with the official unemployment rate down again to 4.3 percent from 4.4 percent last month. And yet, the economy only grew by…

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May 05

5 takeaways from April’s jobs report

By Kristen Doerer

The U.S. economy added 211,000 jobs in April, putting us on track to close the jobs gap within the year. Here are some other numbers that matter.

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Apr 07

The U.S. economy added a mere 98,000 jobs while the unemployment rate went down. How does that work?

By Kristen Doerer

The unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent in March, the lowest since the Great Recession. But the U.S. economy added far fewer jobs than expected.

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Mar 10

Steady jobs growth clears the way for interest rate hike

By Kristen Doerer

The U.S. economy added 235,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.7 percent.

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Feb 03

With steady job creation in January, slow wage growth still puzzles

By Kristen Doerer

Wage growth "has been the unfinished work of this economic recovery,” said Mark Hamrick. “It helps to explain the remaining level of dissatisfaction among Americans with the economy.”…

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Jan 12

4 economists evaluate Obama’s economic legacy

By Kristen Doerer

Economics correspondent Paul Solman sat down with four economists to discuss President Obama's economic legacy.

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Jan 06

Final jobs report under Obama shows slow, steady growth

By Kristen Doerer

That’s a wrap. December’s jobs report is the last for the Obama administration, and it ends on a high (if also predictable) note.

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Dec 02

Unemployment rate drops to 4.6 percent — for the wrong reasons

By Kristen Doerer

The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.6 percent. The unemployment rate may have gone down for the wrong reasons, but the economy continues to improve.

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Nov 04

An October treat for U.S. workers: real but modest wage rebound

By Kristen Doerer

The U.S. economy added 161,000 jobs in October while the unemployment rate ticked down one-tenth of a percent to 4.9 percent. But the star of the report was wage growth.

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