Payrolls

• Economy Expands 2% in Q3

  By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg  |  October 26, 2012

  Stronger-than-expected growth reflects pick-ups in consumer and government spending, residential construction.

• Jobless Claims in U.S. Drop 23,000

  By Lorraine Woellert and Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg  |  October 25, 2012

  Decline shows limited labor market progress.

• Jobless Claims Jump on Seasonal Shift

  By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg  |  October 18, 2012

  Bigger-than-expected increase of 46,000 erases previous week's drop.

• June Jobs Up Less Than Expected

  By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg  |  July 6, 2012

  80,000 jobs are added, with unemployment rate steady at 8.2%.

• Retail Sales Decline 0.2% in May

  By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg  |  June 13, 2012

  Sales excluding autos down 0.4%, weakest reading in two years.

• Jobless Claims Down 1,000

  By Lorraine Woellert and Timothy R. Homan  |  May 10, 2012

  Latest week’s claims hit one-month low, calming fears of labor market setback.

• U.S. Payrolls Rise 115,000 in April

  By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg  |  May 4, 2012

  Jobs gain smaller than expected, but jobless rate declines to 8.1%.

• Jobless Rate Drops to 8.6%

  By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg  |  December 2, 2011

  Labor market makes modest progress, with payrolls up 120,000 in November.