Jobs
US Jobs Report Is Expected to Show Stable Growth in September
- Economists see 150,000 payroll additions, jobless rate at 4.2%
- Range of predictions is wide, leaving room for surprises
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Economists anticipate that hiring picked up slightly in September while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, an outcome that would assuage any lingering concerns that labor demand is deteriorating.
Nonfarm payrolls likely rose by 150,000 last month, based on the median forecast of estimates in a Bloomberg survey. That would be up from 142,000 in August and the most in four months.