A recipe for more jobs: Stronger economic growth

OTTAWA – Canada’s Conservative government does not expect to launch a new round of fiscal stimulus despite the possibility of weaker-than-expected growth in the first quarter, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. “I don’t see the need for it, quite frankly. I think we have adequate economic growth, and I think the prospects for stronger economic growth later in the year and next year are good,” Flaherty told a news conference. I think the prospects for stronger economic growth later in the year and next year are good

(WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January and hiring was stronger over the past two years than previously thought, providing reassurance that the job market held steady while economic growth sputtered. The mostly upbeat Labor Department report Friday included one negative sign: the unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent in December. The unemployment rate is calculated from a survey of households, while job gains come from a survey of employers.

(WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January and hiring was stronger over the past two years than previously thought, providing reassurance that the job market held steady while economic growth sputtered. The mostly upbeat Labor Department report Friday included one negative sign: the unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent in December. The unemployment rate is calculated from a survey of households, while job gains come from a survey of employers.

HIRING SLOWS: U.S. job growth slumped in April for a second straight month, pointing to an economy that is growing at a steady but still sluggish pace. The Labor Department said employers added 115,000 jobs, below March's upwardly revised total of 154,000.

California was just in the news for a really bad reason: the state is facing a historically low level of employment: