US employers surprisingly add 165K jobs in strong October, unemployment dips
Payrolls jumped by 165,000 jobs last month after an upwardly revised 60,000 gain in September, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday.
Republican Ledger staff · 9:50 AM ET
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Payrolls jumped by 165,000 jobs last month after an upwardly revised 60,000 gain in September, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday.
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PoliticsThe details show October’s jobs report was impressively strong
The details of Friday’s jobs report for October show that it was even stronger than the headline numbers indicated, even though they showed that a robust 165,000 payroll jobs were added and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%. Read on to lea
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