Final jobs report before Election Day shows just 661,000 positions were added last month

Final jobs report before Election Day shows just 661,000 positions were added last month

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‘Smaller employers are having difficulty holding on and we are now seeing the effect of the big company layoffs,’ said one economist. Brenda Milian gathers with other showing their support for the 2020 Basic Income March at the Utah State Capitol on Sept. 19 in Salt Lake City. The final jobs report before the general election shows a gain of just 661,000 jobs for September and the unemployment fell from 8.4 percent to 7.9 percent, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Over the summer the unemployment rate fell from its lockdown spike of 14.7 percent […]

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