Adam Gray / Bloomberg via Getty Images A "now hiring" sign hangs at a Journeys store in New York City on Tuesday, June 3. Key Takeaways Hiring by U.S. employers has slowed to a crawl, according to recent data from Vanguard. The job creation rate is at its slowest sustained pace since 2009, when the U.S. was in a recession. Vanguard's report is one of a handful of privately created data sources available in the absence of government reports that have been delayed by the shutdown. The last time job ...