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US economy adds 119,000 jobs in September as unemployment rate rises

Al Jazeera

Does'America First' make the US weaker? Who is Marjorie Taylor Greene? United States job growth accelerated in September despite a cooling job market as the unemployment rate rose. Nonfarm payrolls grew by 119,000 jobs after a downwardly revised 4,000 drop in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report released on Thursday. The healthcare sector had the most gains, totalling 43,000 jobs in September.