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Its not what u want to hear but its the 411 -- Today's economy report: mostly bad tidings:

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WASHINGTON - A reuters report on Thursday claims U.S.-based employers last month announced the fewest job cuts in eight months. But a moderation in services sector activity to an 11-month low in July put a new wrinkle in the economic outlook.

The services sector accounts for more than two-thirds of the U.S. economy and analysts worry. "The services economy is cooling" said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG in New York.

The FedRes U.S. central bank is expected to delay raising interest rates until December. The Fed has raised rates twice this year.

The claims data has no bearing on July's employment report, which is scheduled to be released on Friday, as it falls outside the survey period.

According to a Reuters survey of economists, nonfarm payrolls probably increased by 183,000 jobs last month. Which is about 175,00 below what it would have needed to be to signal any kind of economic recovery in play.

LAYOFFS AND OTHER RELATED NEWS

Retailers planned to cut 3,862 jobs in July. They were closely followed by the healthcare products and services sector where employers planned 3,634 layoffs. "Retailers are cutting the most jobs this year" said John Challenger, chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

LISTEN TO THIS REWIND VIDEO NEWS CLIP FROM 2006 - Its important:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfascZSTU4o

Listening to the Peter Schiff clip from 2006 is valuable, because it explains the super tightness of the economy RIGHT NOW. People know they have too much credit card debt, their wages are not going up (if they are employed at all) and they have no savings. So, they are cutting way back on spending and trying to put some money in savings. RESULT? Stagnant economy with no money moving around.

A third report from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) showed its non-manufacturing index fell to a reading of 53.9 last month, the lowest since August 2016, from 57.4 in June.

"The ISM report is clearly a big disappointment and suggests that the economy (has) lost momentum going into the third quarter," said Andrew Hunter, an economist at Capital Economics.

Last month, a gauge of new orders received by services industries fell to 55.1 from 60.5 in June. A measure of services sector employment dropped 2.2 points to 53.6.

The U.S. dollar <.DXY> initially firmed against a basket of currencies on the claims data but gave up gains after the services sector survey. U.S. stocks were mixed, with the S&P 500 <.SPX) and the Nasdaq <.IXIC> falling.