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Jobs report: The stall has arrived


"It's really a continuation what we've been seeing, and that's slow, grinding gains in jobs growth," said Paul Simon, chief investment officer of Tactical Allocation Group in Birmingham, Mich. "The implication of the jobs report is near-term weakness

Senior Adviser Eric Fehrnstrom responds to Richard Grenell's resignation and also responds to today's jobs report saying it is extraordinarily weak, and that the Obama campaign should change their slogan from “forward” to “backward.

"It's really a continuation what we've been seeing, and that's slow, grinding gains in jobs growth," said Paul Simon, chief investment officer of Tactical Allocation Group in Birmingham, Mich. "The implication of the jobs report is near-term weakness

The latest jobs report is lousy news and lousier timing for President Obama, who is kicking off his official campaign with major rallies in Virginia and Ohio this weekend.

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Unusually large price moves across various asset classes in the minute before Friday's closely watched monthly US jobs report appear to have been triggered by an oddly timed order to sell dollars. An apparent chain reaction lit up

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