September Jobs Report: Payrolls Miss Big, and the Housing Squeeze Continues
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BREAKING — The September jobs report from Realtor.com Research landed with a thud, showing payrolls rose just 29,000 against an 84,000 consensus estimate while July and August together shed 60,000 jobs in revision. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%, though the underlying move was modest, from 4.14% to 4.18% before rounding. Mortgage rates held firm at 7.28%, leaving housing compressed between weakening employment and stubbornly high borrowing costs.
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Source: Realtor.com Research, “September Jobs Report: Payrolls Miss Big, and the Housing Squeeze Continues”. Read the original →
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