NEW YORK, Aug 6 (Reuters) – U.S. employment fell for a
second straight month in July as more temporary census jobs
ended while private hiring rose less than expected, pointing to
an anemic economic recovery.
KEY POINTS:
* Non-farm payrolls fell 131,000 the Labor Department said on
Friday as temporary jobs to conduct the decennial census
dropped by 143,000.
* Private employment, considered a better gauge of labor market
health, rose 71,000 after increasing 31,000 in June.
* The government revised payrolls for May and June to show
97,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.
* Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast overall employment
falling 65,000 and private-sector hiring increasing 90,000.
* The unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.5 percent in July
for a second straight month, just below market expectations for
a rise to 9.6 percent.
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