The U.S. added 128,000 jobs in October. It’s a slowdown, the data say the New York Times is clouded by the temporary impact of a General Motors strike.
128,000 jobs were added last month, the US Labor Department reported on Friday. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg had expected a gain of about 85,000.
The unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, up from 3.5 percent the month before.
Wages are growing modestly.
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