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US Jobs outlook modest ahead of "fiscal cliff": Manpower

From reuters.com

U.S. employers are expected to continue adding jobs in the first quarter of 2013, but uncertainty over the "fiscal cliff" has tempered the outlook, according to a quarterly hiring survey by ManpowerGroup. The global staffing services company's outlook for U.S. jobs has been positive for 15 straight quarters, even as it weakens in most other economies. A majority of U.S. employers polled did not expect any changes to their payrolls in the first quarter of 2013, said Jonas Prising, president of ManpowerGroup. Seventeen percent of U.S. employers anticipate adding workers, compared with 8 percent who believe they will ... (full story)

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