US Adds 261,000 Jobs in October, Moderate but More Than Expected

The U.S. added 261,000 jobs in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The unemployment rate ticked up from 3.5% to 3.7%. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from nypost, YahooNews and CNBC: Jobs Economy

Job growth was stronger than expected in October despite Federal Reserve interest rate increases aimed at slowing what is still a relatively strong labor market.

Nonfarm payrolls grew by 261,000 for the month while the unemployment rate moved higher to 3.7%, the Labor Department reported Friday. Those payroll numbers were better than the Dow Jones estimate for 205,000 more jobs, but worse than the 3.5% estimate for the unemployment rate. Although the number was better than expected, it still marked the slowest pace of job gains since December 2020.

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