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US employers added just 29,000 jobs in September as labor market slowed
October 2, 2026 at 03:28 PM · Updated 14d ago
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3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 5 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
نمو الوظائف في أمريكا يتباطأ بشدة خلال سبتمبر والبطالة ترتفع إلى 4.2%
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BNBBC News
US jobs market sees sharp slowdown in September
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TGThe Guardian
US added just 29,000 jobs in September in sharp drop from last month’s gains
(opens the publisher’s site)US employers added 29,000 jobs in September while unemployment ticked up, in the final jobs report before the midterm elections.
- US employers added 29,000 jobs in September, down from 133,000 in August, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures.
- The unemployment rate rose from 4.1% in August to 4.2% in September.
- Trump said he has "done a very bad job of explaining how good the country is doing."
- Mortgage rates climbed to 7.28%, their highest level in three years.
- Economists had forecast 90,000 new jobs for September, nearly three times the actual figure.
- August job growth was revised down to 133,000 from an initial estimate of 162,000.
- New unemployment claims fell to their lowest level in 57 years, with no signs of significant layoffs.