Obama warns job data to fluctuate in coming months (Reuters)

President Barack Obama said the recession-racked US economy was "beginning to turn the corner," as data showed 162,000 jobs were created in March, the biggest increase in three years.The US Labor Department said job creation leaped dramatically in March after years of near-continual losses, although the increase was not enough to budge the unemployment rate from 9.7 percent.With close to one in 10 American workers unable to find a job, Friday's figures were an eagerly-awaited indicator of the strength of the economic recovery.

WASHINGTON — A private survey shows U.S. businesses sharply increased hiring in December, helped by a surge of new construction jobs created to help rebuild from Superstorm Sandy. Payroll processor ADP said Thursday that employers added 215,000 jobs in December. That’s more than November’s total of 148,000, which was revised higher. The survey showed companies added 39,000 construction jobs last month. That was partly in response to the storm but also an indication of the housing recovery under way.

WASHINGTON — A private survey shows U.S. businesses sharply increased hiring in December, helped by a surge of new construction jobs created to help rebuild from Superstorm Sandy. Payroll processor ADP said Thursday that employers added 215,000 jobs in December. That’s more than November’s total of 148,000, which was revised higher. The survey showed companies added 39,000 construction jobs last month. That was partly in response to the storm but also an indication of the housing recovery under way.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday that data showing hiring in the United States increased in October was proof the economy is on the mend, and stressed that the nation needs to stay with President Barack Obama's policies to dig out of hole created by the recession. "Today's employment report provides further evidence that the U.S. economy is continuing to heal from the wounds inflicted by the worst downturn since the Great Depression," Alan Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said in a statement. ...

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Reuters - President Barack Obama warned on Saturday it would take "many more months" for the United States to get out of recession even after GDP figures showed the economy shrank only modestly in the second quarter.