Friday, February 3, 2012

Jobs report

  • WASHINGTON — Friday's surprisingly strong January jobs report prompted hope that the economy's recovery is finally kicking into high gear.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • In January, the U.S. added 243,000 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday, and Glerisse Rodriguez, 26, got one of them -- but she still has a long way to go until she bounces back financially from getting laid off.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Out of nowhere, it seemed on Friday, the January jobs report cheered investors around the world. Stocks went up almost everywhere in Europe; Greece, however,  was a big exception. Markets rose in the United States, in Brazil, in Mexico.
  • (MSN Money)
  • Economists and others weigh in on the increase in jobs and drop in the unemployment rate. –Our quick read through of today's report shows that this is unquestionably a positive report in nearly every way.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • Some Obama opponents are struggling to find a cloud in the silver lining of January's jobs numbers, which estimated that there was a 243,000-job boost and a big drop in the unemployment rate, from 8.5% to 8.3%, last month.
  • (Time)
  • NEW YORK (AP) — A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled stocks higher Friday.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • The jobs report Friday was a ginned-up number but the media and algos dont look under the hood much it seems. Yes, the unemployment rate fell to 8.3% and 243K new jobs were created and perhaps the number itself will boost confidence.
  • (TheStreet.com)
  • The economy created 243,000 jobs in January. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent from 8.5 percent the previous month and from 9.1 percent a year ago.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)
  • That was House Speaker John Boehner's repeated reaction to Friday's jobs report, which showed an encouraging surge in hiring last month. At a press conference with Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.
  • (Washington Post)

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