Economics
Women’s Unemployment Drove Last Month’s Rise in US Jobless Rate
A representative hands a business card to a job seeker during a job fair in Miami.
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A jump in unemployment among women drove the overall increase in the October jobless rate in the US, according to data released Friday by the Department of Labor.
The number of women looking for a job rose by 212,000 to 2.8 million, from 2.6 million in September, the biggest increase since December. That helped push the unemployment rate for women to 3.7%, from 3.4% the previous month.