US added just 29,000 jobs in September in sharp drop from last month’s gains
Final jobs report before the midterm elections also shows the US unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.2% US employers added just 29,000 jobs in September, a sharp drop from last month’s gains, in the final jobs report before the midterm election. The country’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.2%, according to the latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The numbers were just a fraction of economists’ expectations of just under 70,000 new jobs . Continue reading...

