Delayed September jobs report shows U.S. economy added 119,000 jobs, more than expected

This is the September job jobs report. Non-farm payrolls are up a robust 119,000. 119,000 would be the best since April when we were up 158,000.In the rear view mirror, well, last month was downgraded from 22,000 to minus4,000. Now, if we look at what's going on with the unemployment rate, it ticked up from 4.3% to 4.4%. That was unexpected.4.4% before would uh last time we were at that level, boy, I have to go back a ways. October of 2021 when it was 4.5%. Now, if we look at labor force participation rate, ...