US employers add 165,000 jobs in October as unemployment rate falls to 4.1%
Payrolls rose far more than economists expected in October and earlier months were revised up, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday 6 November.
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US employers added 165,000 jobs in October, well above forecasts, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.1%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday 6 November.
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