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To: TideGlider who wrote (135790)

6/21/2012 11:34:57 AM

From: FJB

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Manufacturing, Jobs Reports Add Up to More Bad News

Published: Thursday, 21 Jun 2012 | 9:22 AM ET
By: Reuters

U.S manufacturing grew in June at its slowest pace in 11 months and hiring in the sector slowed as overseas demand for U.S. products waned, an industry survey showed on Thursday.

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits was also little changed last week, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

Financial information firm Markit said its U.S. "flash" manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell to 52.9 from 54.0 in May. The June reading was the lowest since last July although it stayed above 50, indicating expansion in activity.

For the second straight month, weaker demand from Europe and large emerging markets such as China dented sales. Markit said U.S. manufacturers reported the second largest decline in new export orders since September 2009.

The index's new orders component fell to 54.1 from 54.6.

Manufacturing has been one of the strongest links in an otherwise frail U.S. economic recovery, but Markit said weaker overseas demand may be starting to slow hiring in the sector.

The employment component fell in June to 53.1, reflecting the weakest rate of hiring in eight months. It stood at 54.3 at the end of May.

"The impact of weak sales on employment is a key concern," said Markit chief economist Chris Williamson. "The close fit of the survey data with non-farm payroll number suggests that the official (employment) data for June will show a further weakening of the labor market."

Job growth in the United States slowed sharply for a third consecutive month in May and the unemployment rate rose for the first time in nearly a year.

The "flash," or preliminary reading, is based on replies from about 85 percent of the U.S. manufacturers surveyed. Markit's final reading will be released on the first business day of the following month.

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To: TideGlider who wrote (135790)	6/21/2012 11:37:48 AM
From: FJB	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

More Rats Jump Ship… Two More Democrats Will Skip DNC Convention Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 3:55 PM from Brumar .... The Daily reported, via FOX Nation .... The latest: New York Democratic Reps. Bill Owens and Kathy Hochul, both of whom won special elections in recent years – in 2009 and 2011, respectively – that were heralded by party leaders. “I guarantee that my time will be better spent meeting the farmers, small business owners and other people who put me here,” Hochul told The Daily today. A spokesman for Owens gave a similar explanation. “He just has a packed schedule back home,” he said. This comes on the heels of Pennsylvania Rep. Mark Critz saying he’d opt out, and a trio of West Virginia Democrats — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Sen. Joe Manchin and Rep. Nick Rahall — all doing the same. ..... thegatewaypundit.com