163,000 Jobs Added In July; Unemployment Rate Rose To 8.3 Percent & US economy added 163,000 jobs in July, most in 5 months; unemployment rate rose to 8.3 pct. 3AUG12

163000 new jobs in July 2012, best report in five months and in spite of the rich 1%, wall street and the bank-financial cabal holding the money they have from tax breaks in offshore tax shelters or using it to outsource American overseas. We need to make sure the American electorate understands the tax breaks for the rich are not creating jobs in the U.S. mitt romney and his corporate masters need to be called out on the economy and the American public deserves an answer to this question, if tax breaks for the rich and corporations stimulate the economy, after six years of tax breaks where are the American jobs? For more on the tragic plight of the rich in America see my post Charts: America Has the World's Luckiest Billionaires 30JUL12 http://bucknacktssordidtawdryblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/charts-america-has-worlds-luckiest.html
From NPR and the Washington Post.....

by Mark Memmott

Enlarge Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A sign pointing the way to a career fair in San Mateo, Calif., last month.

There were 163,000 more jobs on public and private payrolls last month, but the nation's unemployment rate edged up to 8.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics just reported.
The jobs gain was the best in five months and was much better than the revised estimated of growth for June — a gain of just 64,000 jobs.
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Update at 8:38 a.m. ET. June Jobs Gain Revised Down:
When BLS first reported about the month of June, it estimated there had been 80,000 jobs added to payrolls. Now, it puts the gain that month at 64,000.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/02/157826114/163-000-jobs-added-in-july-but-unemployment-rate-ticked-up-to-8-3-percent?sc=nl&cc=brk-20120803-0836

US economy added 163,000 jobs in July, most in 5 months; unemployment rate rose to 8.3 pct.

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, a hopeful sign after three months of sluggish hiring.
The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent from 8.2 percent in June.
July’s hiring was the best since February. Still, the economy has added an average of 151,000 jobs a month this year — enough to keep up with population growth but not enough to drive down the unemployment rate.
“After a string of disappointing economic reports ... we’ll certainly take it,” said James Marple, senior economist at TD Economics.
The government uses two surveys to measure employment. A survey of businesses showed job gains. The unemployment rate comes from a survey of households and is calculated by dividing the number of unemployed people by the size of the labor force. In July, more people said they were unemployed, while the size of the labor force shrank even more.
Economists say the business survey is more reliable.
Investors appeared pleased with the report. Futures tracking the Standard & Poor’s 500 index and the Dow Jones industrial average gained about 1 percent. The stock market is coming off four days of losses. Yields on government bonds also rose as investors moved money out of low-risk assets.
Stronger job creation could help President Barack Obama’s re-election hopes. Still, the unemployment rate has been above 8 percent since his first month in office — the longest stretch on record. No president since World War II has faced re-election with unemployment over 8 percent.
A better outlook on hiring could make the Federal Reserve reluctant to take more action to spur growth. The Fed, which ended a two-day policy meeting Wednesday, signaled in a statement a growing inclination to take further steps if hiring doesn’t pick up.
But some economists say the job gains need to be greater.
Paul Ashworth, senior U.S. economist for Capital Economics, said July’s job gains were a “vast improvement” over the past four months. Still, they were well below the average 252,000 jobs a month added from December through February.
“It also isn’t strong enough to drive the unemployment rate lower, which is what the Fed really wants to see. So, on balance, we doubt this would be enough to persuade the Fed to hold fire in September,” Ashworth said.
The job gains were broad-based. Manufacturing added 25,000 jobs, the most since March. Restaurants and bars added 29,000. Retailers hired 7,000 more workers. Education and health services gained 38,000. Governments cut 9,000 positions.
Average hourly wages also increased by 2 cents. Over the past year wages have increased 1.7 percent — matching the rate of inflation.
Despite July’s gains, the economy remains weak more than three years after economists declared the recession had ended in June 2009. Growth slowed to an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the April-June quarter, down from 2 percent in the first quarter and 4.1 percent in the final three months of 2011.
Manufacturing activity shrank for the second straight month in July, a private survey said Wednesday. Consumer confidence improved slightly last month but remains weak.
Rising pessimism about the future is taking a toll on businesses and consumers, many economists say. Europe’s financial crisis has weakened that region’s economy, hurting U.S. exports. Worries have also intensified that the U.S. economy will fall off a “fiscal cliff” at the end of the year. That’s when tax increases and deep spending cuts will take effect unless Congress reaches a budget deal. A recession could follow, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has warned.
Americans are responding by spending less and saving more. A big reason growth slowed in the second quarter was that consumer spending, which accounts for roughly 70 percent of economic activity, slowed to an annual growth rate of 1.5 percent. That was down from 2.4 percent in the first quarter.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/uncertain-economic-outlook-likely-kept-us-hiring-weak-for-fourth-straight-month-in-july/2012/08/03/647ea3c0-dd39-11e1-8ad1-909913931f71_print.html