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Overdue jobs report shows employers added 119,000 jobs in September

U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate inched up to 4.4%. The report, which was delayed by the government shutdown, may hint at the pace of hiring and firing. Read More

Labor Department won't release full October jobs report, a casualty of the 43-day federal shutdown

The Labor Department said Wednesday that it will not be releasing a full jobs report for October because the 43-day federal government shutdown meant it couldn’t calculate the unemployment rate and so ... Read More

Late-arriving September jobs report likely shows that hiring was sluggish but layoffs few

During the 43-day U.S. government shutdown, investors, businesses, policymakers and the Federal Reserve groped in the dark for clues about the health of the American job market ... Read More

Absent the jobs report, let's look at other labor market indicators

Today is Thursday, Oct. 30, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ weekly report on jobless claims nationwide usually comes out. But with the government shutdown, it remains absent. It’s been about a ... Read More

No jobs report again. But these numbers show how the U.S. economy is doing.

Investors are set to miss out on the second U.S. jobs report in a row due to the government shutdown, but there’s enough scattered evidence to suggest the economy is hanging in there. With the ... Read More