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Robust April Jobs Data Spur Rate Fears
By Glenn Somerville
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment swelled for a second straight month in April with American employers adding 288,000 more jobs to payrolls for the strongest two-month gain in four years, the Labor Department (news - web sites) said on Friday."
"The national unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in April from 5.7 percent in March."
"Analysts said the employment report showed the pace of U.S. economic activity has kicked into a higher gear that promises continued gains in hiring."
"If so, it may take some sting from charges by prospective Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) that President Bush (news - web sites) has presided over such huge job losses that he should be replaced in presidential voting in November."
"In the first four months of this year, 867,000 jobs were created -- a striking contrast to the comparable four months in 2003 when 195,000 jobs were scrubbed from payrolls."
Robust April Jobs Data Spur Rate Fears
By Glenn Somerville
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment swelled for a second straight month in April with American employers adding 288,000 more jobs to payrolls for the strongest two-month gain in four years, the Labor Department (news - web sites) said on Friday."
"The national unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in April from 5.7 percent in March."
"Analysts said the employment report showed the pace of U.S. economic activity has kicked into a higher gear that promises continued gains in hiring."
"If so, it may take some sting from charges by prospective Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) that President Bush (news - web sites) has presided over such huge job losses that he should be replaced in presidential voting in November."
"In the first four months of this year, 867,000 jobs were created -- a striking contrast to the comparable four months in 2003 when 195,000 jobs were scrubbed from payrolls."
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