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Businesses reluctant to boost headcounts

Our econometric model, which is based on a wide range of labour market indicators, suggests that for the second consecutive month the US economy as a whole failed to create any jobs in September. The main problem is that businesses do not have enough confidence in the outlook for their own sales to take on extra workers.

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