WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- September saw the smallest hiring gains since the pandemic-ravaged labor market started to recover in May. With more layoffs turning permanent, the U.S. economy faces a long, bumpy road to full recovery.
U.S. employers added 661,000 jobs in September, pushing the unemployment rate down by 0.5 percentage point to 7.9 percent, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday.
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