US: Modest Job Growth, Falling Unemployment Rate

The United States labor market added a modest 148,000 new jobs in September, but the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to its lowest point in nearly five years. The government said Tuesday the jobless rate last month edged down to 7.2 percent, a tenth of a point better than the August figure. It was the best reading for the world's largest economy since late 2008, just before the country endured its worst downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The job growth number pointed to a ...

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