NewzAccording to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the U.S. economy added 29,000 jobs in September. Alongside the job growth figures, the BLS reported that the national unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4.2 percent.
This latest employment figure follows a summer of modest job gains. The economy previously added 162,000 jobs in August, following employer additions of 31,000 jobs in June and 21,000 jobs in July.
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