Hiring Nearly Stopped in September, and Both Sides Read the Same Numbers Differently
The economy added 29,000 jobs in September. Economists had expected 85,000. The unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent, against an expectation that it would hold at 4.1. The Labor Department released the figures Friday, a month out from the midterms. The headline number is weak and nobody is arguing otherwise. What is being argued is…
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