From the AP:
"America's payrolls picked up in August, with the economy adding 144,000 jobs, slightly less than economists were forecasting and highlighting the slow and uneven recovery in the labor market that jobseekers have braved."
"But the drop in the jobless rate in August came as people left the work force for any number of reasons"
"The gain in payrolls was short of the 150,000 net jobs that economists were calling for."
"Job gains for July were revised up to 73,000, still a lackluster number but an improvement from the 32,000 advance first estimated."
"The economy has lost 913,000 jobs since Bush took office."
"In August retail and automobile sales came in sluggish, consumer confidence dropped and manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace."
"Economists want to see at least 200,000 net jobs added a month on a consistent basis before declaring the labor market fully healed."
Could these guys be any more negative?
AP, the propaganda spinsters.