US Jobs Cheer Cut Short by Euro Crisis Worries
A strong U.S. jobs report failed to boost world markets for long on Friday as nagging worries about Europe's debt crisis dragged stocks back down and sent the euro currency to a new 16-month low.
The U.S. Labor Department said employers added 200,000 jobs in December, pushing the unemployment rate down to 8.5 percent, the lowest since February 2009. The rate has dropped for four straight months. The job gains cap a six-month stretch in which the U.S. economy generated 100,000 jobs or more in each month — something that hasn't happened since April 2006.
An improvement in the U.S. labor market is crucial for global markets because American consumer spending accounts for a fifth of the world's economic activity. A recovery in the U.S. would also mitigate the impact of the sharp slowdown in Europe.
I miss this,
@ Ah...sorry, I thought it was this AM. Working the 5,6 & 11 yesterday w/short turn around for this AM...can't keep days straight.
Terrible tackle on Forrest by McCandless straight yellow. Garvey
At tv, always got ghost with straight,
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