WSJ: Sluggish hiring threatens recovery

The recovery from the Great Recession, such as it is, might stall. The Wall Street Journal has more:

The potential for a persistent slowdown in hiring is the biggest threat to the U.S. recovery, according to economists in the latest Wall Street Journal economic forecasting survey, as they sharply cut the number of jobs they projected the economy would create in coming months.

The potential for a persistent slowdown in hiring is the biggest threat to the U.S. recovery, according to economists in the latest Wall Street Journal economic forecasting survey, as they sharply cut the number of jobs they projected the economy would create in coming months.

Slow economic growth is weighing on the jobs market. In the latest survey, the economists lowered their forecasts for second-quarter growth in gross domestic product to 2.3% at a seasonally adjusted annual rate—down from last month's forecast of 3.2%. However, they see growth perking up to 3.3% in the second half of 2011.

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