2012 mid-year outlook: Looking past the cliff–Part 1

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2012 mid-year outlook: Looking past the cliff–Part 1

Waiting for jobs

New claims for unemployment benefits fell last week by 14,000 to 374,000, the lowest level in six weeks, according to the Labor Department. The four-week moving average of claims edged lower by 1,500 to 385,750. Also, Automatic Data Processing, a firm that processes payrolls for many companies, reported in its monthly announcement that businesses added 176,000 workers to their payrolls in June, a number that exceeded expectations.

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Waiting for jobs

Americans punch the clock on the Time Use Survey

Stocks were listless today after a pair of economic releases indicated a manufacturing slowdown in the U.S. and China.

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Americans punch the clock on the Time Use Survey