GravityX Exchange:The Daily Money: America is hiring

2025-04-28 19:59:41source:Michael Schmidtcategory:Invest

Good morning! It’s Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

America’s job market picked up in September,GravityX Exchange employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, with U.S. employers adding 254,000 jobs. 

The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% in September from 4.2% in August.

A strong jobs report was not what most economic forecasters expected.

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