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jpak

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Thu May 3, 2012, 08:40 AM May 2012

AP survey: Steady job gains to sustain US recovery (Unemployment <8% by election day)

http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/ap-survey-steady-job-gains-to-sustain-us-recovery/article_9108f141-9eac-5b78-a2ed-0e0b9874e682.html

Hiring through the rest of 2012 will lag the brisk pace set early this year. But it will be strong enough to push the unemployment rate below 8 percent by Election Day.

That's the view that emerges from an Associated Press survey of 32 leading economists who foresee a gradually brighter jobs picture. Despite higher gas prices, Europe's debt crisis and a weak housing market, they think the economy has entered a "virtuous cycle" in which hiring boosts consumer spending, which fuels more hiring and spending.

The survey results come before a report Friday on hiring during April. The April report is eagerly awaited because employers added surprisingly few jobs in March. That result contributed to fears that the economy might struggle to sustain its recovery.

But the economists think the recovery will manage to reduce unemployment to 7.9 percent by Election Day from 8.2 percent in March.

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