📅 Sunday · The week in review
Hiring stalls as unemployment rises to 4.2%
Employers added just 29,000 jobs in September, far below forecasts, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%.
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Sources
- CNN: The US economy added just 29,000 jobs last month
- Deseret News: September jobs growth unexpectedly falters
- AP via ABC15: Unemployment ticks up to 4.2%
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