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BusinessWeek January 26, 2004 James C. Cooper	So Where Are The Jobs? They're On The Way Are things really as bad as the latest employment data imply? Probably not. The fact is, the recent payroll data are giving the wrong impression of the strength of the labor markets. It has happened before, especially during the early stages of the recovery from the 1990-91 recession.
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Weak Payrolls Mask A Tightening Job Market How companies handle rising labor costs will affect future inflation.
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Job Market Is Stronger Than It Looks Growth in other employment measures belies the weak payroll numbers
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 James C. Cooper	Labor Is Keeping The Economy In Fighting Trim The job market looks healthy enough to power a strong second half.
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Job Markets Will Decide The Fed's Next Move The low jobless rate, despite slower growth, heightens the inflation threat.
BusinessWeek August 21, 2006 James C. Cooper	The Fed May Not Have Long To Catch Its Breath The trend in labor costs suggests it might need to resume hiking rates.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S: A Tempest In Employment's Teacup? The recent lackluster job numbers may be saying more about the weather than the economy. Here's who softened September's job numbers: Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Strong Labor Markets Put The Fed On The Spot Weak productivity and rising labor costs could force more rate hikes.
BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: One Big Reason To Expect A Decent Year For Jobs Companies can no longer meet demand with existing forces.
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Robert J. Barro	Why Are the Dems Griping About Jobs? As the election nears, a fair assessment is that the U.S. economy is actually doing well and that jobs are being created at a pretty fair clip.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Job Growth That is Just Good Enough Despite a weak November, the labor market is giving a boost to the economy. November's hiring gains, while soft, were widespread across the economy.
BusinessWeek January 26, 2004 Robert J. Barro	Don't Sweat The Sickly Employment Numbers Job data can be unreliable. But runaway spending is real.
BusinessWeek December 19, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S: Can Productivity Keep Up The Good Work? U.S. productivity must stay on track with pay gains to hold inflation at bay.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Know Your Numbers: Employment Use economic data to gain the upper hand in your investing.
BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Low Unemployment Raises An Old Inflation Debate Should the Federal Reserve keep hiking rates in the face of a tighter labor market?
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Oh, What A Difference A Month Can Make With the March jobs report, the economy looks a lot stronger than expected
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Speed Bumps On The Road To More Jobs American businesses face powerful reasons not to hire
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Job Growth Will Get Over Its January Blahs Bad weather helped cause a weak start to what will be a solid year.
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Count On Consumers To Keep Spending Expect a more moderate pace as job growth and wealth gains slow.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: A Jobs Recovery, Yes. A Hiring Boom, No. Intense cost pressures and weak pricing will keep payrolls from surging
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Stop Thinking Rate Cut, Start Thinking Rate Hike With economic growth rebounding, it's time to revise expectations.
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Those Soft Job Numbers: Cause For Alarm? Probably not -- business is still spending, and not all the data are so gloomy
Registered Rep. July 30, 2003 Will Leitch	Securities Industry Registers Slight Employment Uptick Securities firms have begun adding employees again, according to statistics from the Securities Industry Association and the Labor Dept.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 James C. Cooper	Don't Count Out The Consumer Just Yet If the job markets don't falter, households may keep up their spending.
U.S. Banker June 2011 Mark R. Pawlak	Sizing Up the Labor Force A drop in unemployment is typically associated with growth in the labor force. But in the current market, that's not happening, which makes the Fed's job more difficult.
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 James C Cooper	Tipped Toward Recession The Fed seems to think inflation-recession forces are in balance, but softening labor markets, tighter lending standards, and nearly $100-a-barrel oil say otherwise.
BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 James Mehring	Wages: A Misleading Predictor Of Inflation Numbers show that wage growth is slowing, an indication of no wage-driven inflationary pressures. However, those data may be giving the markets and the Federal Reserve a false sense of security.
Finance & Development September 2010 Ceyda Oner	Back to Basics: What Constitutes Unemployment? Earlier this year, the International Labor Office announced that global unemployment last year reached the highest level on record. More than 200 million people, 7 percent of the global workforce, were looking for jobs in 2009.
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Katrina's Impact Depends On How Business Reacts Unless business sentiment takes a lasting turn for the worse, and $3.50 gas hangs around a long while, all the latest signs indicate that today's economy remains strong enough to take Katrina's blow and keep chugging ahead.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: The Signs Say: Job Growth Ahead Don't expect payrolls to turn around quickly, but economic trends are encouraging. Plus, heady productivity gains are not sustainable, and more workers will soon be needed.
BusinessWeek November 8, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: How Costly Oil Will Test The Economy Federal Reserve officials estimate that the buffeting from costlier oil has already knocked up to three-fourths of a percentage point from growth through the first three quarters of 2004.
InternetNews May 7, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	IT Loses Jobs in April but Rate of Decline Ebbs Government economists report that the high-tech industry is still losing jobs, but the loss rate is slower than it was a year ago.
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 James Mehring	Don't Rule Out A Rate Hike Some economists believe signs of an improving economy and tight labor markets mean rate hikes cannot be ruled out.
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Fed: Trying To Shift Into Neutral Unfortunately, no one knows the rate that neither helps nor hinders growth.
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: Consumers Are Opening Their Wallets Again Despite weak labor markets, heavy debt, and low confidence, U.S. households have already begun to spend, especially on services
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: Why Inflation Fears Are Unfounded The Fed will have plenty of time to reverse its huge stimulus, as unused labor and production capacity prevent price pressures from building.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2007 James Mehring	A Slower Speed Limit For The Economy? The second quarter produced solid economic growth, but there was also important news about revisions to real gross domestic product covering the past three years.
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 James C. Cooper	Inflation Looks Tamer, But For How Long? Resilient demand and stronger growth will stoke new price pressures.
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: A Surprising Third-Quarter Pickup GDP is expected to show healthy growth -- and a broad rebound in demand is a key reason. That, plus exceptionally lean inventories, points to a continued upturn well into 2010.
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Job Creation Isn't A Problem, But Oil Might Be Job growth is positive but consumer spending may be down because of increasing gasoline prices.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer	U.S. Companies Are Hiring? I Don't Believe It. Get the lowdown on the big news and what it means for your portfolio.
BusinessWeek October 22, 2007 James C. Cooper	The Storms of August Continue Progress has been made, but the markets are still vulnerable to the housing spiral, the pace of hiring has slowed, and growth remains a big question mark.
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 James Mehring	A Job Growth Indicator Gets Iffy The pattern of weekly initial claims for jobless benefits has traditionally been one of the best barometers of job growth. Now, claims are losing some of their predictive value. The reason may lie in changing demographics.
BusinessWeek November 28, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Real Inflation Threat Isn't Energy Will lower energy prices add to inflationary pressures? If that sounds a bit counterintuitive, consider this: The economy is already growing so rapidly that it is putting pressure on available labor, production capacity, and distribution channels.
BusinessWeek August 20, 2007 James C. Cooper	The Fed Won't Give The Markets A Break Amid inflation pressures, Bernanke isn't ready for a preemptive rate cut.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: This Time, Fed Tightening Shouldn't Make You Tense With jobs strong and inflation low, the economy is in fine shape
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer	Should You Cheer Today's Jobs Report? The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment situation report for October showed that 80,000 net jobs were added to the economy during the month.
InternetNews June 2, 2006 Paul Shread	Stocks Slip on Slowdown Fears A much weaker than expected jobs report raised fears of an economic slowdown Friday... Black Box plunged... Salesforce lost on the retirement of its CFO... etc.
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Consumers Are Finally Shifting Into Lower Gear It's not just energy. As interest rates rise, homes will no longer be cash cows.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outloook: The Waning Threat of Deflation The recovery is starting to reverse many trends putting downward pressure on prices and wages, paving the way for the Fed to begin tightening in 2010