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US jobless rate slides to 5.9 pc in Sept
WASHINGTON. Oct 8: The U.S unemployment rate slid to 5.9 per cent in September, the lowest rate in four years, the government reported Friday. The news was certain to upset already Jittery financial markets. reports AP.
The Labour Departnfent said 239.000 new jobs were added to the nation's non-farm payrolls, less than most economists were predicting, but still a strong showing in an economy that has added nearly 2,5 million jobs this year. Economists had predicted an increase of about 250,000.
The rate dropped from 6.1 per cent in August.
Positive economic news this week has spooked already nervous financial markets with renewed worries about inflation. and Wall Street' worried about a strong employment report.
Investors worry that strong ' economic news, like a sizeable increase in the number of new workers, will fuel inflation, lowering the value of their holdings.
The 5.9 per cent rate was the lowest since October 1990. when a 5.8 per cent fate was recorded. The government
changed its survey methods this year to a system that picks up some people who had previously been overlooked. Labour Department officials could not say what the 5.9' per cent rate would have been under the old system, but the new system tends to slightly Increase the number.
Many economists have said a strong employment report would put more pressure on the Federal Reserve to push up short-term interest rates for a sixth time this year.
Earlier this week, stock and bond prices fell when the index of leading economic indicators, the government’s primary gauge of future economic activity, showed its biggest increase since March. Another report that showed factory orders increasing more rapidly •In August than In nearly two years also sent Wall Street reeling.
Investors look for any signs of inflation in the report and were certain to be-concerned, as well, about a 3-cent increase in the average hourly wage, which was higher than most economists expected.
Last month, the markets
initially rallied after the report showed payroll growth substantially lower than predictions. But stock and bond prices dropped after Investors noticed a 2-cent increase in average hourly wages.
“You take every bit of information you’ve got. you plow everything together and you take into account momentum and the seasonal factors. Ultimately you dig down and you see this economy is growing at a fairly decent clip, said James Annable. chief domestic econorhist with First National Bank of Chicago.
Analysts said investors would use a stronger than expected' report to pressure Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Green span to push up interest rates before the November meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, which decides the increases.
As expected, hiring gains were biggest in service related industries, including 65.000 new hires by federal, state and local government agencies. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Katherine D. Abraham said many of the new government hires were college and university professors
added by schools dealing with swelling enrollments.
Construction was up a mod-era te 19.000 after falling 3,000 last month. Construction gains were greatest in the Spring, but tapered off after interest rates began rising.
Manufacturing payrolls declined 3,000. a showing worse than most economists predicted. although they expected that sector to be weak. Manufacturing was up by 39.000 the previous month. Retail establishments added 40.000 Jobs,
"The average work week was up a tenth of an hour to 34.6 hours, while manufacturing workers averaged 42 hours and 4.6 hours of overtime. The average work week has remained at or near record levels for most of the year.
The Labour Department said 7.7 million Americans were out of work, with the number of people looking for Jobs dropping by 308.000 in‘ September. Since January, the number of people seeking employment has dropped about 1 million and the unemployment rate has dropped eight tenths of a per cent.