Jobs report blows past expectations, defying hiring slowdown
(NEW YORK) -- Employers hired far more workers than expected in September, defying a sharp slowdown over the summer that appeared to cool off the labor market.The U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure marked an acceleration from 22,000 jobs added in the previous month, and it exceeded an average of nearly 100,000 jobs added per month over the […]