Gain slows from August, misses economists' forecasts; jobless rate holds at 5.4%.
October 8, 2004: 10:42 AM EDT
By Chris Isidore, CNN/Money senior writer

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs in September while the unemployment rate stayed unchanged, according to a government report Friday that came in weaker than Wall Street expectations.

(Used Firefox, here's the link "en clair" if I missed the html.)

http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/08/news/economy/jobless_september/index.htm?cnn=yes

Now, I'm sure that if one factors in the drug dealers, Saturday market salespeople, eBay entrepreneurs, and the rest of the off the books economy it's not as bad as it seems. Maybe, even, Bush isn't the first President since Hoover whose policies have led to a net job loss.

Arf