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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
FOX Business | Planned Layoffs Surge to Highest Amount in a Year
The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in March but downsizing by retail companies still helped the first quarter rack up the largest amount of cuts in over a year, a report showed on Thursday.
CNN Money | Federal furloughs a non-event? Not so fast
Despite delays and cutbacks on furloughs, federal budget cuts are starting to take root.
Bloomberg | Stabilizing Confidence Shows U.S. Claims Jump Temporary
Confidence among U.S. consumers stabilized last week, easing concern the latest jump in jobless claims signals a setback in the job market.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
NY Post | The A-But-Cs of the March job numbers
Wall Street doesn’t get more excited than when the US Labor Department puts out the monthly employment numbers. And tomorrow’s the day that happens.