BCREA ECONOMICS NOW: US Non-Farm Payrolls - August 3, 2012
BCREA ECONOMICS NOW
US Non-Farm Payrolls - August 3, 2012
Some welcome good news in the US labour market this morning. Employment data for July showed that the US economy added 163,000 new jobs, a jump from June's anemic 64,000 jobs. The US unemployment rate remained ticked slightly higher to 8.3 per cent as new additions to the labour force offset gains in employment.
Despite slightly better employment growth, economic growth in BC's largest trading partner remains stagnant. Second quarter US real GDP growth registered just 1.5 per cent in the second quarter and we expect the US economy to expand just 2.3 per cent overall in 2012.
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