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
Something called a subdural hematoma which means as a result of the blow on her head she broke a small blood vessel on the surface of her brain. Reporter doctors have prescribed a blood thinner. This than i will keep secretary clinton in the hospital for 48 hours to see how she responds to the medication. Clinton had been scheduled to testify before congress about the september 11th attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya, but had to cancel because of her health issues. Clinton was already scheduled to step down as secretary of state next month. President obama has nominated john kerry to be her replacement. Marlie hall in new york this morning. Also today is the final day of fiscal cliff negotiations. Hope of reaching a wideranging deal in automatic spending increases and tax cuts is all but gone. Spending would be reduced and cuts would be felt in all areas of the government. Economies have warned that going over the cliff would cause a spike in unemployment and trigger anot
Too wide. And he signaled the white house might be tying his hands. Ive had a number of conversations with the president. And this stage were not able to make the counteroffer. Reporter so senator mcconnell called the Vice President who he served with in the senate for 24 years. The two men spoke several times on sunday. I want em to know im willing to get this done. But i need a dance partner. Reporter democrats want to let the bush era tax cuts expire for Household Income over 250,000 a year. Republican was rather set the cuttoff at around half a Million Dollars or keep the tax cuts in place for everyone. In an interview on nbcs meet the press president obama said the endless wrangling was not the democrats fault. We have been talking to the republicans ever since the election was over. They have had trouble saying yes to a number of repeated offers. At midday democrats suddenly declared that one element of the republican offer was a deal breaker. A proposal to change the way Social