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  "id": 11442768,
  "title": "US jobs report September 2026: Hiring slows sharply to 29,000 jobs, unemployment rises to 4.2%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/us-jobs-report-september-2026-hiring-slows-sharply-to-29-000-jobs",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-02T13:08:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/us-jobs-report-september-2026-hiring-slows-sharply-to-29-000-jobs-unemployment-rises-to-42-11790945793267.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US jobs report for September showed that hiring slowed sharply, with 29,000 jobs added. This is a significant drop from the revised 133,000 jobs added in August, according to the Labor Department.\n\nThe unemployment rate also rose to 4.2% from 4.1% in August.\n\nThe slowdown in hiring and rise in unemployment comes amid an inflation surge, with the Federal Reserve having imposed its first interest rate hike in three years to dial back price increases.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Jobs report to show whether hiring stayed resilient in September",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/jobs-report-to-show-whether-hiring-stayed-resilient-in-september",
        "published": "2026-10-02T09:23:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "US Jobs Preview: What to Watch for in the September Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/us-jobs-preview-what-to-watch-for-in-the-september-report",
        "published": "2026-10-02T10:12:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "US economy adds just 29,000 jobs in September as hiring slows sharply",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/us-economy-adds-just-29-000-jobs-in-september-as-hiring-slows-sharply",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:37:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "WSJ Economy",
        "title": "The U.S. added 29,000 jobs in September, the Labor Department said Friday, missing expectations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/the-u-s-added-29-000-jobs-in-september-the-labor-department-said",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:51:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Treasury yields sink after weak September jobs report dims October Fed hike odds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/treasury-yields-sink-after-weak-september-jobs-report-dims-october",
        "published": "2026-10-02T13:20:27.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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