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  • US job growth blows past expectations, unemployment rate falls to 4.1%

    10/04/2024 8:58:02 AM PDT · by thegagline · 48 replies
    Reuters ^ | 10/04/2024 | Lucia Mutikani
    U.S. job gains increased by the most in six months in September and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, pointing to a resilient economy that likely does not need the Federal Reserve to deliver large interest rate cuts*** In addition to the better-than expected increase in nonfarm payrolls reported by the Labor Department on Friday, wages rose at a solid pace last month. The closely watched employment report also showed the economy added 72,000 more jobs in July and August than previously estimated. The report followed on the heels of annual benchmark revisions to national accounts data last week that...