Trade deficit shrinks for fourth straight month (AP)

news 09-DEC-11

Jobless rate down to 8.6%, lowest in 2.5 years

CBSnews 02-DEC-11

Job market improves modestly as unemployment falls (AP)

news 04-NOV-11

Unemployment applications dip but remain elevated

washtimes 20-OCT-11

Fed expected to take new action to lift economy

CBSnews 21-SEP-11

Unemployment rises to 9.2% amid weak June job gains

latimes 08-JUL-11

Obama heads to Ohio to defend economic policies as jobless total hits new high

dailymail 04-JUN-11

Poor May jobs data sets challenge for White House (AFP)

news 03-JUN-11

Medtronic’s Profit Falls 19 Percent on Layoff Costs

IHT 24-MAY-11

Corrected: Surprise jobs surge boosts economic outlook

reuters 05-JAN-11

Fed cautious on recovery and sticks to bond plan

reuters 14-DEC-10

New-Home Sales Down 29%

CBSnews 24-SEP-10

Purchasing pickup widens trade deficit

washtimes 17-SEP-10

Shock increase in US unemployment

sundaytimes 20-MAY-10

Productivity Growth in Quarter Topped Forecast

IHT 06-MAY-10

Fed Debates Timing of Interest Rate Hike

CBSnews 16-MAR-10

U.S. Retail Sales, Topping Forecasts, Rose 0.3% in February

IHT 12-MAR-10

January Existing Home Sales Drop Despite Tax Credit

IHT 27-FEB-10

Honolulu inflation rate drops to 0.7%

HonululuAdvetrtiser 20-FEB-10

Oil prices climb on eve of key US report (AFP)

news 11-FEB-10

Ben Bernanke considers raising discount rate as first step in exit plan

telegraph 10-FEB-10

Report: Job losses worse than known

washtimes 05-FEB-10

U.S. inflation tame, chill lifts industrial output

reuters 15-JAN-10

December retail sales drop 0.3 percent (AP)

news 14-JAN-10

AOL to cut one-third of workforce

bbc 19-NOV-09

Fed sees rates near zero for extended time

btimescom 05-NOV-09

US consumer spending falls

aljazeera 31-OCT-09

Stocks drop after poor spending report

washtimes 30-OCT-09

Further evidence points to recession bottoming out (AP)

news 03-SEP-09

Consumer inflation tumbles as shoppers hold back (AP)

news 15-AUG-09

Consumer Prices Down 2.1 Percent Over Past Year

WashingtonPost_B 14-AUG-09

US trade deficit grows on oil prices

ft 12-AUG-09

U.S. productivity rises 6.4% in second quarter

xinhuanet_en 11-AUG-09

Dow and S&P Close at New '09 Highs

WashingtonPost_B 08-AUG-09

New US jobless claims fall

aljazeera 07-AUG-09

US jobless claims fall sharply

ft 06-AUG-09

Intel results help lift Wall Street at open (Reuters)

news 15-JUL-09

May Industrial Output Dips 1.1 Percent

CBSnews 16-JUN-09

Retail Sales Climb 0.5 Percent in May

ABCnews 11-JUN-09

Jobless Rate Jumps To 9.4%; Layoffs Slow

CBSnews 06-JUN-09

UK retail sales fall in May

ft 28-MAY-09

US retail sales 0.4% fall in April

ft 13-MAY-09

Oil tops $54

caycompass 04-MAY-09

New report bolsters US housing hopes

ft 04-MAY-09

Construction Spending, Pending Home Sales Up

NPRnews 04-MAY-09

Factory sector shrinks at slower pace (Reuters)

news 01-MAY-09

Durable goods, new home sales better than expected

ChinaPost 25-APR-09

US unemployment rate rises to 8.5% in March

irishtimes 03-APR-09

Optimistic Investors Fuel Wall. St. Rally

CBSnews 02-APR-09

World Bank: Growth in developing world slowing

washtimes 31-MAR-09

U.S. Durable Goods Orders Rise Unexpectedly

NPRnews 25-MAR-09

New jobless claims fall more than expected to 646K

topix 19-MAR-09

Wall St. Advances On See-Saw Day

CBSnews 17-MAR-09

Relentless Layoffs Continue to Spread Misery Across U.S.

ABCnews 06-MAR-09

Obama home rescue plan welcomed

ft 05-MAR-09

Stocks Climb on Banking News

WashingtonPost_B 25-FEB-09

US prices rise by 0.3% in January

ft 24-FEB-09

US prices rise despite disappearing inflation

sundaytimes 21-FEB-09

Surprise! Retail Sales Went UP in January

ABCnews 12-FEB-09

US job losses accelerate

euronews 06-FEB-09

Now it's China's turn to preach about failure

telegraph 02-FEB-09

Stocks slip in Europe and Asia

IHT 02-FEB-09

U.S. shares slide after GDP report

IHT 30-JAN-09

U.S. shares dip on weak earnings reports

IHT 29-JAN-09

Microsoft announces up to 5,000 job cuts

channel4news 22-JAN-09

US unemployment up as housing starts fall 15%

sundaytimes 22-JAN-09

U.S. retail sales drop sharply in December

IHT 14-JAN-09

U.S. trade deficit narrows as oil and Chinese imports drop

IHT 13-JAN-09

Obama says stimulus plan can save jobs (Reuters)

news 10-JAN-09

New US jobless claims decline

ft 08-JAN-09

US private sector lost 693,000 jobs in December

NewsJang 08-JAN-09

Asian shares gain on hopes for 2009, European stocks seen rising

IHT 05-JAN-09

Effects of US interest rate cut felt worldwide

euronews 17-DEC-08

Fed ready to slash rates amid deepening recession (AP)

news 16-DEC-08

Wall St. expects gloomy retail data

washtimes 12-DEC-08

Wall Street struggles, European and Asian markets have varied fortunes (AFP)

news 11-DEC-08

Monthly loss of jobs worst in 34 years

washtimes 06-DEC-08

Three Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan

irishtimes 05-DEC-08

U.S. stocks to open lower

washtimes 01-DEC-08

Data shows sharper US contraction

bbc 25-NOV-08

US consumer prices drop at record pace

ft 19-NOV-08

World recession fears mount as crisis deepens

dailytimesPK 16-OCT-08

Global markets quietly pull back

cnn 15-OCT-08

World recession fears mount over crisis

sbs 15-OCT-08

Canada pounds expectations with Sept. job gains

CBC 10-OCT-08

Europe makes gains after day of pain

cnn 09-OCT-08

World's central banks slash interest rates

cnn 08-OCT-08

US stocks slump after bailout approved

sbs 04-OCT-08

Shares surge on US bail-out plan

phantis 19-SEP-08

Opposition parties widen poll lead

thelocal 12-SEP-08

Worse Than Expected: U.S. Loses 84K Jobs

ABCnews 05-SEP-08

More volatility seen with hurricane, payrolls (Reuters)

news 30-AUG-08

Stocks end lower on personal income data (AP)

news 29-AUG-08

Stocks head to higher open after upbeat data (AP)

news 25-JUL-08

Jobless claims dip but labor market still weak (AP)

news 10-JUL-08

Jobless claims fell 5,000 last week

reuters 19-JUN-08

Profit rises, but Wal-Mart stays cautions

IHT 13-MAY-08

Jobless claims fall 18,000 in latest week (Reuters)

news 08-MAY-08

Higher gasoline prices lift U.S. retail sales

IHT 14-APR-08

U.S. payrolls fall again, raising recession fears (Reuters)

news 07-MAR-08

US consumer confidence dives

bbc 15-FEB-08

[-said]: We expect claims to head slowly downwards for the foreseeable future, and in due course payroll growth will accelerate,

news 08-DEC-11

[ said]: We hope this is a rogue number,

AP 06-DEC-11

[ said]: Small businesses were cheering up at the end of last year but then got clobbered by the jump in oil prices, the Japanese earthquake and then the debt ceiling fiasco,

IHT 03-DEC-11

[ said]: Something good is stirring in the US economy,

aljazeera 03-DEC-11

[ said]: Something good is stirring in the U.S. economy,

theglobeandmail 02-DEC-11

[-said]: The danger now is that the big headline ramps up expectations for Friday and disappointment ensues,

france24 02-DEC-11

[ said]: The economy seems finally to be developing real momentum,

thestar 02-DEC-11

[ said]: Permits now seem to be trending gently higher in both single and multi-family. We don’t see the demand in the mortgage apps data, but builders clearly do,

ft 19-NOV-11

[ said]: While this report is not good enough, several key numbers are now moving in the right direction,

dailytimesPK 05-NOV-11

[ said]: The sluggish recovery in employment is continuing, with private payroll growth still not even fast enough to keep unemployment from rising further in the medium-term, never mind bringing it down,

channelnewsasia 02-NOV-11

[ said]: a very welcome development in the context of the steep decline in business confidence,

news 27-OCT-11

[ said]: It ain’t brilliant, but at least it’s heading in the right direction,

IHT 27-OCT-11

[ said]: This is a significant barrier to recovery,

news 21-OCT-11

[ said]: is right, employers are cutting back in a measured fashion and are not acting - at least not yet - as though they fear a new recession,

nzherald 05-OCT-11

[ said]: If ADP is right, employers are cutting back in a measured fashion and are not acting - at least not yet - as though they fear a new recession,

news_com_au 05-OCT-11

[ said]: Spending should rise in the third quarter as a result of post-(Hurricane) Irene repairs. Construction is set to add to GDP growth in third and fourth quarter but the sector is still very weak,

reuters 03-OCT-11

[ said]: We think large companies are so cash-rich that they can keep spending despite lower confidence,

dailystar 29-SEP-11

[ said]: Large companies are so cash-rich that they can keep spending despite lower confidence,

AP 28-SEP-11

[ said]: This effect (of spring buying) will fade soon because sales have dropped back in recent months,

AP 27-SEP-11

[ said]: This effect will fade soon because sales have dropped back in recent months,

newschannel5 27-SEP-11

[ said]: This is an insignificant change in new home sales, statistically speaking. The trend in recent months has been dead flat,

ibtimes 27-SEP-11

[ said]: The recent trend in mortgage applications is downwards, so it is hard to see any further sustained rise in sales in the near-term,

latimes 21-SEP-11

[ said]: One bad week means nothing, but claims have been nudging higher since ... early August. We await the next few weeks' numbers with interest, and a degree of trepidation,

AP 15-SEP-11

[ said]: One bad week means nothing, but claims have been nudging higher since … early August. We await the next few weeks' numbers with interest, and a degree of trepidation,

latimes 15-SEP-11

[ added]: The overshoot to consensus is trivial but this is a pleasant surprise nonetheless after a run of mostly horrible numbers,

telegraph 06-SEP-11

[ said]: To call this a relief is something of an understatement,

AP 01-SEP-11

[ said]: very clearly offered nothing to investors looking for a hint that QE3 is imminent,

wsj 29-AUG-11

[ says]: The survey has been very strong, showing no signs at all of softening in recent weeks, despite the debt ceiling chaos and the market turmoil,

theglobeandmail 14-AUG-11

[ said]: Most of the hit was in the expectations index, which is most sensitive to stocks,

channelnewsasia 12-AUG-11

[ said]: The key point here is that a clear downward trend in claims has emerged in recent weeks, even as the debt ceiling chaos reached its peak,

news 11-AUG-11

[ said]: These numbers are not great,

AP 05-AUG-11

[ said]: An outbreak of common sense at the last minute cannot be ruled out, but it is becoming very hard now to maintain as a base case the idea that a debt deal will be done by Aug. 2,

theglobeandmail 28-JUL-11

[-said]: We always took the view that May was hit by one-time factors like severe weather and supply-chain disruptions but this report suggests those factors were more significant than we thought,

news 07-JUL-11

[ said]: At last, some unambiguously good news,

theglobeandmail 07-JUL-11

[-said]: We always took the view that May was hit by one-time factors like severe weather and supply-chain disruptions, but this report suggests those factors were more significant than we thought,

AP 07-JUL-11

[ said]: By the end of the year we think rising payrolls and low mortgage rates will have lifted sales a bit, but a strong recovery is not imminent,

ibtimes 21-JUN-11

[ said]: The index is volatile but even so this is a big drop,

theglobeandmail 16-JUN-11

[ said]: Alas this is less impressive than it looks,

theglobeandmail 09-JUN-11

[ said]: As far as we can tell, employers have hugely overreacted to the surge in oil prices, which has slowed but not killed consumption,

washtimes 02-JUN-11

[ said]: a real surprise,

IHT 27-MAY-11

[ said]: will be better as the oil hit fades,

channelnewsasia 26-MAY-11

[ said]: A 7.3 per cent increase in sales sounds impressive but it was nowhere near large enough to be statistically significant: The Census Bureau says the margin of error is plus or minus 16.6 per cent,

theglobeandmail 24-MAY-11

[ said]: The headline is disappointing but only because all the impact of the surge in oil prices hit this month; we expected it to come mostly in April. The core numbers, by contrast, are good,

news 11-MAY-11

[ said]: I do view this impending softness as a temporary response to the rise in oil prices,

IHT 07-MAY-11

[-said]: We are quite pleased by the headline index, but it is likely not sustainable,

ibtimes 02-MAY-11

[ said]: Given the underlying downward trend we are inclined to see it as a one-time fluke, though we will be happier if we see a clear reversal next week,

timesofmalta 15-APR-11

[ said]: It looks to us that people are maintaining spending in the face of higher gas prices by cutting their savings,

ibtimes 13-APR-11

[-said]: Overall, this is still a very robust report,

AP 01-APR-11

[ said]: There is every reason to expect that to continue as the return of bank credit to small businesses allows them to hold onto people who might otherwise have been laid off,

ibtimes 31-MAR-11

[-said]: The revised data show a slightly less steep drop in claims over the past few months but the key point here is that the trend is still clearly downwards,

smh 31-MAR-11

[ said]: The trend is still clearly downwards. There is every reason to expect that to continue as the return of bank credit to small businesses allows them to hold onto people who might otherwise have been laid off,

reuters 31-MAR-11

[ said]: There has been a clear and sustained acceleration in private-payroll gains,

latimes 30-MAR-11

[ said]: The key point here is that the underlying trend in claims remains downwards,

smh 24-MAR-11

[ said]: We expected a hefty rebound after the blizzards depressed core orders in January,

channelnewsasia 24-MAR-11

[ said]: Bottom line is that this does not look good,

channelnewsasia 24-MAR-11

[ said]: This is disappointing,

AP 24-MAR-11

[ said]: As the impact of the weather completely clears from the numbers we expect a further sustained decline in claims,

news 18-FEB-11

[ said]: This report represents clear evidence that the underlying downward trend in claims remains in place,

reuters 10-FEB-11

[ said]: We think the trend in claims is coming down because small firms are firing fewer people. With credit now easing we are hopeful claims will fall significantly further over the next few months,

theglobeandmail 03-FEB-11

[ said]: This might be due in part to the revival in auto sales in recent months, as the Chicago area is more sensitive to autos than the economy as a whole,

theglobeandmail 31-JAN-11

[ said]: We expect claims to drop next week, and we then anticipate further declines as the return of bank credit to small firms allows them to ease off on the pace of layoffs,

news 28-JAN-11

[ said]: New-home sales are bouncing around the bottom,

wsj 27-JAN-11

[ said]: The percentage rise in sales looks impressive but 10 per cent of next-to -nothing is still next-to-nothing,

theglobeandmail 26-JAN-11

[ said]: The recovery in stock prices and the beginnings of an improvement in the labor market are making people feel better about the economy,

news 25-JAN-11

[ said]: Sometimes numbers come as bolts from the blue; this is one of them,

economictimes 07-JAN-11

[ said]: We think ADP overstates the pace of private payroll growth,

smh 07-JAN-11

[ said]: Seasonal factors for December always need to be viewed with suspicion but this is so far away from other numbers that something other than seasonals must be at work,

smh 06-JAN-11

[ said]: Although claims remain high, they are falling fast enough to signal a clear acceleration in payrolls, though not as much as the ADP survey showed,

economictimes 06-JAN-11

[ says]: a bolt from the blue,

newschannel5 05-JAN-11

[ said]: With business confidence, particularly in the small business sector, extremely low, it's not surprising that permanent hiring is lagging behind,

upi 20-DEC-10

[ said]: It is plain that a substantial element of the market believes that the resumption of QE poses a real inflation threat,

irishsun 14-DEC-10

[ said]: The holiday season has started strongly,

btimescom 14-DEC-10

[ said]: Small firms employ half the work force, and their sustained weakness relative to larger firms explains why payrolls have been so weak,

irishsun 14-DEC-10