The Labor Department reported Friday that the nation’s unemployment rate was mostly unchanged, falling slightly to 9.4 % during  July. According to the latest government figures, 331,000 jobs were lost nationwide last month across a wide variety of industries. However, the current job loss figure is still significantly lower than the 645,000...

China’s exports fell for a 9th month on weak global demand, reinforcing the government’s case for sticking with a “moderately loose” monetary policy to fuel domestic growth. Overseas sales dropped 23 % in July from a year earlier, the customs factor said today on its Web site. That matched the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of ...