US hiring jumps after hurricanes as employers add 261K jobs

    U.S. employers added a robust 261,000 jobs in October in a bounce-back from the hurricanes that slammed the Southeast in September. The unemployment rate declined to 4.1%, the lowest in nearly 17 year…


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