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Employment growth remained weak in August, with just 96,000 new positions created but the unemployment rate dropping to 8.1 percent, according to a report that raises the possibility of more Federal Reserve easing.
The decline in the jobless rate came primarily because the labor force participation rate fell to 63.5 percent, its worst level in 30 years.
Despite hopes that job creation would be better than expected, the monthly report fell short of economist expectations that 125,000 jobs were added for the month.
Service sector positions again dominated the new jobs, and manufacturing lost positions.
The news dampened spirits on Wall Street, with stock futures losing earlier gains and indicating a flat open for the market. Economists had been looking for a number closer to 125,000.
Average hourly earnings were basically flat at $23.52 an hour, as was the work week at 34.4 hours.
The report comes at a critical time in the election cycle, with President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney in a virtual dead-heat and the final vote just two months away. (Read More: Record 46 Million Americans Are on Food Stamps)
Romney has criticized the president for the lackluster level of job creation as the unemployment rate has stayed above 8 percent for a record 43 consecutive months. Obama has countered that his administration has created more than four million jobs, though the net level of job creation is much lower.
egal ob die Arbeitslosigkeit steigt oder fällt,
Aktien gehen hoch, das macht es doch so nett Aktien zu halten.
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ein wenig günstiger geworden, dafür steigen Rohstoffe weiter und der Euro wird als Bremse für den Export eingezogen.
So richtig schlüssig ist der Erfolg nicht. Bernanke wird ebenfalls Probleme haben die Erwartungen zu erfüllen, würde er mit der offiziellen Ankündigung von QE3 den Rohstoffen einen weiteren Schub geben.
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