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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (488850)11/7/2003 9:15:42 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Respond to of 769667
 
"Most economists believe payrolls need to grow by at least 150,000 jobs a month in order to keep up with the natural growth of the labor force and keep the unemployment rate down, and that is generally expected to happen only slowly in the next year."



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (488850)11/7/2003 9:16:05 AM
From: JakeStraw  Respond to of 769667
 
U.S. payrolls grew in October for the second straight month, the government said Friday, trouncing Wall Street expectations,



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (488850)11/7/2003 9:16:24 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
"Average hourly wages rose a penny, or 0.1 percent, to $15.46 from $15.45 in September. Wage growth is critical to the strength of consumer spending, which fuels more than two-thirds of the economy."