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[Newsvine - First Read - Articles] Obama's visit to a Chrysler factory in this important battleground state comes on a day the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the nation's unemployment rate ticked up to 9.1 percent in May, with the economy adding a lower-than-expected 54,000 jobs. The president made no mention of the job figures in his 20-minute speech, even as he acknowledged that despite having made great strides, the economy still faced "strong headwinds" from high gas prices to economic disruptions following tragedy in japan to instability in the Middle East that creates uncertainty.

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[Business Movement Live] YIC | Employment seen held back by weak economy | Business ...: The economy has regained only a fraction of the more than 8 million jobs lost during the recession. Economists say payrolls growth above 300,000 a month is needed to make significant progress in shrinking the pool of 13.7 million unemployed Americans and reducing 9 percent unemployment.

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[The Raw Story] Just 54000 jobs created in May as unemployment rises to 9.1% | The ...: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employment rose far less than expected in May to record its weakest reading since September, while the jobless rate rose to 9.1 percent as high energy prices and the effects of Japan's earthquake bogged down the economy.

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[Shoham] Employment growth brakes sharply in May : Shoham: "We should keep in mind that we have seen a lot of factors weighing on the U.S. economy in April and May, and should take this report with a pinch of salt," said Harm Bandolz, chief U.S. economist at UniCredit Research in New York.

[FXG8.com] Employment seen held back by weak economy | FXG8.com: A day laborer sits in a truck behind a sign for an employment center in San Diego, January 6, 2011 .While the recent string of weak data has sparked talk about the need for the Federal Reserve to extend its asset purchasing program when it expires this month, analysts believe policymakers will take a soft payrolls report in stride.

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