President Clinton welcomed the job figures at a news conference today.

But others said the job figures reported today grossly exaggerated the underlying economic situation.

Markets Bond prices plunged after the job figures were released.

The job figures also declined because more than 80,000 people who did not find work on a regular payroll quit looking.

Many traders and economists expect the job figures to support the rate expectation.

His job figures, he said, are "ultimately closer to what we're talking about."

Even with the latest job figures factored in, that remains true.

The published job figures are not the raw ones that the government collects.

In any event, it does not have a positive impact on the job figures.

Sure, manicurists and others should be counted in national job figures.