U.S. economy adds 96,000 jobs, rate falls to 8.1 percent

By Christopher S Rugaber

Associated Press

Published: Friday, Sept. 7 2012 7:18 a.m. MDT

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U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs last month, a weak figure that could slow any momentum President Barack Obama hoped to gain from his speech to the Democratic National Convention.

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casual observer

Salt Lake City, UT

96,000 jobs does not decrease unemployment. So does it mean less unemployment or more people giving up and stop looking for jobs? Publicizing meaningless statistics is not helpful in educating the electorate.

9:51 a.m. Sept. 7, 2012
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Gildas

LOGAN, UT

This is just more deception. The real unemployment rate remains unknown; figures represent those receiving unemployment payments. Many have run out of benefits, duration of same differing from state to state, but still remain unemployed. Of course More..

6:56 a.m. Sept. 7, 2012
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Wayne Rout

El Paso, TX

Did the DNC write this headline? The headline should have been "Number working falls again."

7:40 p.m. Sept. 7, 2012
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