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Job cuts slow
Mark Lacter • August 7 2009 5:45 AM

U.S. payrolls fell by 247,000 in July, which is considerably better than what many economists had been expecting. Meanwhile, the July unemployment rate actually fell to 9.4 percent from 9.5 percent. (Bloomberg)


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