U.S. Jobs Market Gets Stronger in October
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U.S. Jobs Market Gets Stronger in October

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 6, 20261 min
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  • Business & money

Plus: Markets are on the rebound after historic losses yesterday. And Elon Musk says Tesla is winding down production of the Cybertruck. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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In moments of seismic change through crisis and transformation, it is our real-world experience that delivers. FTI Consulting. Experts with impact.

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Here's your midday brief for Friday, November 6th. I'm Alex O'Sullivan for The Wall Street Journal. The U.S. added 165,000 jobs in October, eclipsing economist expectations. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate slipped to 4.1%.

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Also, the job numbers for both September and August were revised higher, and these numbers are a strong indication that the job market has pulled out of its mid-year funk. Turning to markets, the AI trade has stopped spiraling after a bruising sell-off yesterday. As of mid-day trading, the NASDAQ had gained more than 1.5%, reversing some of its $2.5

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