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US non-farm payrolls fall a little short of forecasts, but hiring is slowing

By Alexander Bueso

Date: Friday 02 Oct 2020

(Sharecast News) - The US jobs market continued to show signs of slowing down a bit last month.
According to the Department of Labor, non-farm payrolls grew by 661,000 in September, undershooting forecasts for an increase of 865,000.

Offsetting the miss versus economists' median forecast, figures for the prior two...

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