The U.S. Added 261,000 Jobs Last Month. Here’s the Takeaway.
11/3/17
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from The New York Times,
11/3/17:
The economy added 261,000 jobs last month. Wall Street economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected a jump of 325,000 as the economy bounced back from September’s hurricanes.
• In September, the economy gained 18,000 jobs, according to a revised estimate released Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics initially estimated that employers cut 33,000 jobs in September. The bureau also revised up its estimate of August jobs growth by 39,000 jobs.
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