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8:29am 12/03/04 U.S. NOV. LABOR PARTICIPATION RATE 66.1% VS. 65.9%
8:29am 12/03/04 U.S. NOV. AGGREGATE HOURS WORKED DOWN 0.2%
8:29am 12/03/04 U.S. NOV. SERVICES PAYROLLS UP 104,000
8:29am 12/03/04 U.S. OCT., SEPT. NONFARM PAYROLLS REVISED DOWN 54,000
8:29am 12/03/04 U.S. NOV. MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS FALL 5,000
8:29am 12/03/04 US NOV NONFARM PAYROLLS UP 112,000 VS 204,000 EXPECTED

8:29am 12/03/04 U.S. NOV. JOBLESS RATE 5.4% AS EXPECTED

8:29am 12/03/04 U.S. NOV. AVERAGE HOURLY WAGES UP 0.1% VS. 0.3 EXPECTED
8:29am 12/03/04 U.S. NOV. AVERAGE WORKWEEK 33.7 VS. 33.9 EXPECTED
8:29am 12/03/04 U.S. NOV. AVERAGE HOURLY WAGES UP 0.1% VS 0.3% EXPECTED



ECONOMIC REPORT: Nov. nonfarm payrolls up 112,000
By Rex Nutting, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 8:30 AM ET Dec. 3, 2004

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - U.S. nonfarm payrolls increased a disappointing 112,000 in November while the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 percent, the Labor Department estimated Friday.

Economists were looking for stronger growth of about 204,000 in November, according to a survey conducted by CBS MarketWatch. None of the 42 economists surveyed forecast a figure as low as 112,000.

Payroll gains in September and October were revised down by a total of 54,000. October's gains were revised to 303,000 from 337,000. Over the past three months, job growth has averaged 178,000 per month.

Employment is up 2.3 million since the nadir in August 2003.

Further details of the business establishment survey were weak. The average workweek fell by a tenth of an hour to 33.7 hours, while total hours worked in the economy dropped by 0.2 percent.

Average hourly wages rose 1 cent, or 0.1 percent, to $15.83. Weekly earnings dropped 0.2 percent to $533.47.

In November, 51.8 percent of the 278 industries were adding jobs, down from 58.8 percent in October.

Manufacturing firms shed 5,000 jobs, the third decline in a row after small gains earlier in the year. Construction added 11,000 jobs after a big gain in October in the aftermath of the hurricanes.

Services added 104,000 jobs in November after 241,000 in October. Retail firms lost 16,000 jobs. Professional and business services added 28,000 after 100,000 in October, including 9,000 more in temporary help agencies. Health care added 28,000 jobs.

A separate survey of households showed much greater strength, although economists have cautioned that the establishment survey is generally more reliable.

In the household survey, employment grew by 483,000 while unemployment fell by 45,000 to 8.027 million, producing an unemployment rate of 5.4 percent.

The unemployment rate for teenagers fell to 16.6 percent from 17.2 percent, while the jobless rate for blacks rose a tenth to 10.8 percent. The jobless rate for whites was unchanged at 4.7 percent.

The percent of adults who were working edged up to 62.5 percent, while 66.1 percent of adults were working or looking for work, both up by two tenths of a percentage point.

The average duration of unemployment remained high at 19.9 weeks. Of the 8 million unemployed workers who are looking for work, 1.7 million, or 21.7 percent, have been out of work longer than six months.

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Dados EUA: Unemployment Rate: 5.4 %(esp: 5.4%); Average Hourly Earnings: 0.1%(esp:0.3%); Change Nonfarm Payrolls:112 k(esp:200k); Change Manufact. Payrolls: -5 k(esp:0k)

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