U.S. Adds 261,000 Jobs In October, And A Revision Restores Job Creation Streak
One month after large and destructive storms disrupted the U.S. economy, job creation rebounded somewhat and the unemployment rate fell again.
by Bill Chappell
Nov 03, 2017
1 minute
The U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs in October, according to the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate fell by a small notch, from 4.2 percent to 4.1 percent.
While job creation showed a rebound from
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