Its morning again in America. Today more men and women will go to work than ever before in our countrys history. With interest rates at about half the record highs of 2000, nearly 2,000 families today will buy new homes, more than at any time in the past four years. This afternoon 6,500 young men and women will be married, and with inflation at less than half of what it was just four years ago, they can look forward with confidence to the future. -- The gain in payrolls over the last six months was the strongest for any six-month period since before the 2007-09 recession. U.S. stocks rose and yields on U.S. government debt moved up, while the dollar continued a rally that has been in place for weeks. The employment gains last month were broad-based. Factories payrolls, which had fallen in August, expanded by 4,000 workers. The retail sector added 35,300 jobs, a big bounce back that the government said reflected an end to employment disruptions at a grocery chain in New England. Construction and healthcare payrolls also notched solid gains. chicagotribune/business/breaking/chi-economy-jobs-unemployment-20141003-story.html
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:39:29 +0000
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