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The Employment Situation-- September 2020
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 661,000 in September, and the unemployment rate declined to 7.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it. In September, notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, in retail trade, in health care and social assistance, and in professional and business services. Employment in government declined over the month, mainly in state and local government education. This ... (full story)
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Last jobs report before election shows slowdown in hiring
Nonfarm payroll rose by a lower than expected 661,000 in September and the unemployment rate was 7.9%, the Labor Department said Friday in the final jobs report before the November election. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting a payrolls gain of 800,000 and the unemployment rate to fall to 8.2% from 8.4% in August. The decline in the unemployment rate came along with a 0.3 percentage point drop in the labor force participation rate to 61.4%. However, a separate, more encompassing measure that counts discouraged workers and those working part-time for economic reasons also saw a notable decline, ... (full story)
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