Jobs picture stronger with expected revisions
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The U.S. jobs picture may have been better than first estimated from April 2005 to March 2006, according to new Labor Department estimates.
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The U.S. labor market looks set for a 'slight softening' in the first three months of 2007, according to a quarterly survey with a strong record of predicting shifts in employment trends.
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The U.S. job market brightened in August as employers added 144,000 workers to their payrolls and hiring totals for the two prior months were revised up, the Labor Department reported on Friday.
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The Bush administration expects revised data due on Friday to show the pace of job creation in the year leading up to March was much swifter than had been believed
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More American companies expect to add jobs in the fourth quarter than a year ago, even as they remain cautious about hiring, a new survey said.
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U.S. stocks rose on Friday as a report showing stronger-than-expected job growth boosted optimism about the outlook for profits.
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Stock futures edged higher on Thursday after a report by a private employment service showed the private sector added 40,000 jobs in December, not far from analysts' expectations.
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The monthly Labor Department jobs report is often wide of the mark, requiring substantial revisions weeks later and leaving investors unsure of how to interpret the results.
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U.S. businesses added 96,000 jobs to  payrolls in September, the government reported on Friday, a  weaker-than-expected total that was expected to sharpen a  presidential debate later in the day over the economy's  direction.
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U.S. employers added 132,000 jobs in June and payrolls rose more strongly than previously thought in April and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined a strengthening job market.
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Labor market data was mixed on Thursday ahead of the closely watched U.S. jobs report for February, due on Friday morning.
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The outlook for U.S. manufacturing improved in November as factories hired more workers in response to a jump in new orders, a national survey published on Wednesday showed.
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The economy created 337,000 new jobs in October, nearly double the 169,000 that Wall Street was expecting. The overall unemployment rate rose marginally to 5.5 percent from 5.4 percent.
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Overall, the results of the latest Manpower Employment Survey suggest that US employers plan to increase hiring after the new year.
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Stock futures rose on Friday, pointing  to a higher market open, after U.S. employment data came in  slightly lower than expected.
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Demand is expected to result in higher salaries, more career advancement and flexible work environments.
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Chief executives in the Washington-Baltimore region are more optimistic in their hiring plans for the year ahead than are their colleagues across the nation, according to a survey released last week.