President Joe Biden blamed the coronavirus pandemic, and argued progress is being made
US employers added only 194,000 jobs in September but President Joe Biden touted lower unemployment rate
American employers added just 194,000 jobs last month, according to the report released by the Department of Labor on Friday morning. By comparison, the Dow Jones estimated that 500,000 jobs would be created in September. ‘Today’s report is based on a survey that was taken during the week of September 13. Not today, September the 13th – when Covid cases were averaging more than 150,000 per day,’ the president said.
September’s job creation figure was down from 366,000 added in August and the more than one million gained in July. The leisure and hospitality sector, which drove job growth before the Delta variant emerged, gained less than 100,000 jobs for the second consecutive month.
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