Addition of 148K jobs enough to push jobless rate down to 7.2%

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    The U.S. economy added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting that employers held back on hiring before a 16-day partial government shutdown began Oct. 1. Still, hiring last month was enough to lo…


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