Katrina Coverage

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The nation's labor market absorbed the impact from Hurricane Katrina without much trouble last month, shedding far fewer jobs than feared, the Labor Department reported yesterday.
In its first report to capture the effects of Katrina, the Labor Department estimated that the Gulf region lost 230,000 payroll jobs last month after the devastating storm, but solid job growth in the rest of the country offset most of those losses. Payroll employment in September fell by just 35,000 jobs nationally; economists had expected net losses of about 150,000.
The unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent from 4.9 percent in August...
The September jobs report, however, may not have captured all the effects of Katrina. Labor Department officials conceded they could not precisely estimate the job losses because of problems surveying businesses and households in the devastated areas.
In addition, yesterday's report did not capture the effects of Hurricane Rita, which hit the Gulf Coast after Katrina. Economists expect more job losses when October employment is reported next month...