Employment report: 254,000 jobs added in September, well above expectations

The latest employment report showed that 254,000 jobs were added in September. This is well above forecasts for the expected addition of 147,000 new jobs. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent. Here’s an excerpt from the Labor Force Summary released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Total nonfarm payrolls increased by (…)

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