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Nonfarm payrolls rose by just 29,000 in September, well below the 84,000 forecast, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected a gain of 85,000 jobs in September.
September payrolls rose 29,000, revisions cut 60,000, unemployment hit 4.2% and wages rose 3.1%, the slowest in 5 years.