Topic: Job Growth

DesertSun Articles

  1. Falling gas prices fuel spending

    • May 16, 2012
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    Lower prices at the pump may be combining with steady job growth ... Recent job growth has contributed to higher consumer confidence. Employers have added 1 million jobs in the past...

  2. Consumer borrowing rises

    • May 08, 2012
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    Still, job growth has slowed sharply in the past two months, while wages have lagged inflation. That has raised concerns that consumers might pull back on spending later this...

  3. U.S. job market comes back slowly

    • May 05, 2012
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    WASHINGTON -- U.S. job growth ... Some analysts say April's disappointing job growth suggests an... Job growth averaged a healthy 252,000 from December through February. It slowed to an...

  4. U.S. economic growth slows, falls to 2.2 percent rate

    • Apr 28, 2012
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    But growth is expected to rebound to around 3 percent for all of 2012 as stronger job growth ... Job growth has helped drive the unemployment rate to 8.2 percent in March from 9.1...

  5. Economic growth slows, falls to 2.2 percent rate

    • Apr 27, 2012
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    But growth is expected to rebound to around 3 percent for all of 2012 as stronger job growth ... Job growth has helped drive the unemployment rate to 8.2 percent in March from 9.1...

  6. March jobs report shows hiring slowed; 120,000 jobs added is less than expected

    • Apr 06, 2012
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    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other economists have warned that the economy is not growing fast enough to sustain strong job growth ... Weak job growth ... Many were encouraged by strong job growth ...

  7. Rough day on Wall Street

    • Apr 10, 2012
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    NEW YORK -- Investors had a three-day weekend to brood over disappointing job growth ... in U.S. job growth last month. The Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 recorded their second...

  8. Palm Springs area economy in best shape since 2007

    • Apr 01, 2012
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    Still, it's not a 120 or 130 reading, which historically has meant job growth ... reading indicates job growth ... The UCLA forecast calls for 1.9 percent job growth in California this...

  9. Banks: Housing market healing

    • Apr 14, 2012
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    Job growth in January and February was some of the strongest since the Great Recession, and the unemployment rate has fallen to 8.2 percent, the lowest since January 2009. At...

  10. Job market takes break after upsurge in hiring

    • Apr 07, 2012
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    The March slowdown brings back painful memories of what happened in mid-2010 and again in 2011, when the economy lost momentum and job growth ... They say the economy is not growing fast enough to sustain strong job growth ...