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Hiring Outlook is Bleak

11--With the local and national economies teetering on the edge of recession, employers in the United States forecast another lackluster quarter for hiring, according to an employment survey released today by Manpower, the temporary help agency ... ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Hiring_Outlook_is_Bleak-5225-3-16039.htm

84,000 jobs lost in Aug.; jobless rate hits 6.1%

84,000 jobs lost in Aug; jobless rate hits 61% 84,000 jobs lost in Aug; jobless rate hits 61% 84,000 jobs lost in Aug; jobless rate hits 61% 84,000 jobs lost in Aug; jobless rate hits 61% The US lost more jobs than forecast in August and the... ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/84000_jobs_lost_in_Aug_jobles-5031-3-41452.htm

In the U.S., New Sign of Recession

If confirmed, the monthly decline would be the first in four years and the most striking evidence yet that the country might be slipping into a recession ... "This is the clearest signal yet that the job market is either in or teetering on a ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/In_the_US_New_Sign_of_Recessi-5225-3-10561.htm

Financial Turmoil Raising Worries

While it will be many months before the bureau's cycle dating committee, the unofficial arbiter of when recessions begin and end, makes its own ruling, a growing number of private economists already have a downturn figured into their forecasts. ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Financial_Turmoil_Raising_Worrie-5225-3-17738.htm

Is Fed's Rate Cut Too Little to Stave Off Recession?

12--The Federal Reserve on Tuesday trimmed a key interest rate by a quarter point, the third cut in three months aimed to stem a housing slump and credit crunch that could tip the country into recession ... "It's conceivable that we entered a ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Is_Feds_Rate_Cut_Too_Little_to_-5225-3-3873.htm

Dim Spending News Sends Stocks Down

Analysts said the two new reports Friday were just the latest danger signals that the country was edging perilously close to a recession ... Other than two negative months in August and September of 2005, which reflected the disruptions from ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Dim_Spending_News_Sends_Stocks_D-5225-3-14692.htm

Failed Policy (Comments)

You also forget to mention that Bush took office during the recession caused in part by these same Clinton policies ... I think Bush is the first President in history to preside over two distinct recessions while in ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Failed_Policy-5031-38-7967.htm?mult=0#comments

Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate Again Amid Growing Signs of Recession

economy may be sinking into recession, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday placed one more prop under it by making its second rate reduction in just eight days ... Future revisions may show that growth was negative in the October-December period, marking ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Fed_Cuts_Key_Interest_Rate_Again-5225-1-10250.htm

Job Market Keeps on Shrinking

Employers slashed jobs by the largest amount in five years -- and hundreds of thousands of people dropped out of the labor force -- an ominous sign that the country is falling toward a recession or has already toppled into one ... "It sounds like ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Job_Market_Keeps_on_Shrinking-5225-3-15683.htm

Fears Grow on Orders Report: Durable Goods Miss Mark; 'Risk of Recession Mounts'

"Now that business spending is also losing momentum," he said of Thursday's manufacturing-orders report, "the risk of recession is mounting ... While the report can be volatile from month to month, the orders data offer a glimpse of what manufacturing ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Fears_Grow_on_Orders_Report_Dur-5225-3-5547.htm

Exiting Iraq is Viewed As Cure for Recession

The way to get the country out of recession -- and most people think we're in one -- is to get the country out of Iraq, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll ... In the poll, 61 percent said they think the economy is already in a ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Exiting_Iraq_is_Viewed_As_Cure_f-5225-1-11636.htm

Fed Considers New Cut ; Rate May Drop to 3% As Markets Still Struggle

The closed-door gathering comes amid growing fears the country is either on the brink of a recession or has already started slipping into one given the strains from a housing market collapse, a global credit crunch and turbulence on Wall Street. The ...

http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Fed_Considers_New_Cut__Rate_May-5225-1-10166.htm