"The unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.7 percent, the lowest since December 1969 and one-tenth of a percentage point below expectations.
- Nonfarm payrolls rose just 134,000, well below Refinitiv estimates of 185,000 and the worst performance since September 2017 when a labor strike weighed on the numbers.
- The closely watched average hourly earnings component showed a 2.8 percent year-over-year increase, in line with Wall Street estimates.
- August's initial jobs count was revised up dramatically, from 201,000 to 270,000, while July's numbers came up as well, from 147,000 to 165,000."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/0...-september-2018.html
Thank you, President Trump, for facilitating the unleashing of the American economy before it was further strangled. No thanks to the previous maladministration.