The u. S. Economy added just 142,000 jobs in september, fewer than forecast. The Unemployment Rate held steady at 5. 1 . And it wasnt just the september number. Results for prior months were revised lower, suggesting a down shift in job creation that began this summer. Hampton pearson has more on this disappointing labor report. Reporter american employers sharply cut back hiring in september, and the government revised job growth downward by 59,000 for july and august. Meanwhile, job growth for the last three months is averaging just under 167,000 compared to just under 200,000 per month for all of 2015, much to the surprise of the leading wall street economists. If you get the jobs report like this, then people are starting to think, geez, you know, this could actually be a negative quarter. Its hard to see anything good in those numbers. The economy i think is clearly weaker than any of us would like it to be or thought it would be. Reporter headline unemployment remains at 5. 1 , b
The u. S. Economy added just 142,000 jobs in september, fewer than forecast. The Unemployment Rate held steady at 5. 1 . And it wasnt just the september number. Results for prior months were revised lower, suggesting a down shift in job creation that began this summer. Hampton pearson has more on this disappointing labor report. Reporter american employers sharply cut back hiring in september, and the government revised job growth downward by 59,000 for july and august. Meanwhile, job growth for the last three months is averaging just under 167,000 compared to just under 200,000 per month for all of 2015, much to the surprise of the leading wall street economists. If you get the jobs report like this, then people are starting to think, geez, you know, this could actually be a negative quarter. Its hard to see anything good in those numbers. The economy i think is clearly weaker than any of us would like it to be or thought it would be. Reporter headline unemployment remains at 5. 1 , b
And main street. The u. S. Economy added just 142,000 jobs in september, fewer than forecast. The Unemployment Rate held steady at 5. 1 . And it wasnt just the september number. Results for prior months were revised lower, suggesting a down shift in job creation that began this summer. Hampton pearson has more on this disappointing labor report. Reporter american employers sharply cut back hiring in september, and the government revised job growth downward by 59,000 for july and august. Meanwhile, job growth for the last three months is averaging just under 167,000 compared to just under 200,000 per month for all of 2015, much to the surprise of the leading wall street economists. If you get the jobs report like this, then people are starting to think, geez, you know, this could actually be a negative quarter. Its hard to see anything good in those numbers. The economy i think is clearly weaker than any of us would like it to be or thought it would be. Reporter headline unemployment re
Talks today and reconvene in december. Successful talks could open the door to ending sanctions on iran. Brian, over to you. Thank you very much. Good morning, everybody. In Corporate News starting your week, American Airlines and its pilots union say they will keep talking with the goal of reaching a new labor deal by middecember. The two sides putting off a plan for arbitration. By the way, shares of american have been up this year 70 . Speaking of the skies, commercial drone users are still waiting for new federal rules. The days wall street journal is reporting the faa will require operators to have a license, limit flights to daylight hours, remain below 400 feet and stay within sight of the person at the controls at all times. And the 2014 shipping season is coming to a very early end on the upper mississippi river. The reason . Ice. This is said to be the seasons earliest closing in nearly 50 years. It is bad news for many farmers who are now going to have to find other ways to
Will be joining us. But first the top stories. Its nice to see you again. Well do these stories in a second. Well take a look at comcast. It looks like they are beating it looks like they are beating on both the top and the bottom lines there. 79 cents, x items, and then 17. 83 17. 83 billion in revenue. Okay. In the year ago quarter, you had sochi, this quarter, you have the super bowl. So to compare apples to apples, theres a lot of excluding of different revenue metrics. Comcast is excluding olympics and super bowl but Thompson Reuters is not. Most of these numbers look like they are above analysts expectations. We should point out just right off the bat here i think the company is going to there it is Share Repurchases. People were talking about that. Once the deal brian alluded to it when he was on the show. Also combined with the Dividend Increase youd like to send your application to an additional lpder in the future. In some cases the story looked at four or five individual cas