( ) -q-27- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “jobs in October.” America’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 27s Title: JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: jobs in October] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1%. The report provided a somewhat blurry view of the job market at the end of […]
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Hurricanes, strikes hurt job growth in October
( ) -q-27- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “jobs in October.”
America’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October.
[CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam.mp3
Time: 27s
Title: JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam
Out-cue: jobs in October]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1%. The report provided a somewhat blurry view of the job market at the end of a presidential race that has pivoted heavily on voters’ feelings about the economy.
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VERBATIM: It’s a total that economists say was held down by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls. Last month’s hiring gain was down significantly from the 223,000 jobs that were added in September. But economists have estimated that Hurricanes Helene and Milton, combined with strikes at Boeing and elsewhere, had the effect of pushing down net job growth by tens of thousands of jobs in October.