NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 05: A hotel employee places guests’ bags into a taxi on October 5, 2012 in New York, United States. In fresh signs that the U.S. economy is gaining speed, the latest jobs market data for September showed that the U.S. labor market has improved significantly. The unemployment rate fell from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September, moving below 8 percent for the first time in 43 months. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)