September's Job Data is Finally Out—Here's What It Revealed
Investopedia·2025-11-20 17:04
Job seekers attend a career fair. David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images Key Takeaways More people got hired in September than forecasters expected, and more were unemployed too, according to a highly anticipated and long-delayed report on the labor market.The U.S. economy added 119,000 jobs in September, rebounding from a loss of 4,000 jobs in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday. That was more than double the 50,000 forecasters had expected, according to a survey of economists by D ...