U.S. employers added 263,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.5% from 3.7%. U.S. hiring has slowed from its breakneck pace but remained robust in August, with the economy adding 315,000 jobs and the unemployment rate rising to 3.7%. PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell hosts an event on 'Fed Listens: Transitioning to the Post-pandemic Economy' at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 23, 2022. "This is the pain that the Federal Reserve has reluctantly felt it has to cause," she added. US economy added 263K jobs in September originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News March 08, 2024 16:43 UTC