Census Worker Claims Job Numbers Are Being Inflated

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"What they do is hire you, they train you like a few weeks -- 35, 40 hours of training and give you six hours of productive work and lay you off." a former Census named "Maria" tells FOX News. "Maria" further explains they rehire you so it counts as a new job.

U.S. Economy: Payrolls Trail Forecasts in Sign Growth May Cool
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American companies hired fewer workers in May than forecast and workers dropped out of the labor force, indicating government support is still needed to spur economic growth.

Private payrolls rose by 41,000, Labor Department figures showed today, trailing the 180,000 gain forecast by economists. Including government workers, employment rose by 431,000, boosted by a jump in hiring of temporary census workers. The jobless rate fell to 9.7 percent from 9.9 percent

U.S. Economy Added 162,000 Jobs in March, Most in 3 Years

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/economy/03jobs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss


The American economy added 162,000 jobs in March, offering some hope that the labor market, after shedding millions of jobs during the recession, has reached a turning point.

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The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent. It is expected to worsen later this year as discouraged workers re-enter the labor force.

The pace of job growth in March was the best in three years, bolstering hopes that the still-sputtering recovery was gaining traction.

But economists sounded a cautious note, pointing out that a sizable portion of the growth came from the government’s hiring of 48,000 census workers, mostly temporary jobs. There were clear signs, however, that the private sector was slowly gaining strength: over all, it added 123,000 jobs last month.