Observer schreef:
Macro economisch en onterecht gisteren overspoeld door manufacturing, things getting worse.
De financiele beurzen zullen later tot inkeer komen dat wil zeggen opnieuw stapjes terug doen.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The unemployment rate rose in nearly half of the nation's 372 largest metro areas in July, as the pace of hiring slowed from earlier this year.
The Labor Department says the jobless rate rose in 176 areas, dropped in 152 and was unchanged in 44.
Despite the weak showing, that's an improvement from June, when the jobless rate rose in about three-quarters of the metro areas. But it's worse than this spring, when rates declined in more than 230 areas for three straight months.
Hiring has slowed nationwide, as businesses are increasingly unwilling to add workers, even as their profits and cash piles grow. Many economists say business executives are holding back until there is more clarity about the economic outlook.
The economy is barely growing and economists worry it won't expand fast ...