Updated at 8:49 a.m. ET
Job growth slowed sharply in September, as U.S. employers added just 661,000 new workers.
The report from the Labor Department is the last snapshot of the job market before the November election, and it comes hours after President Trump and the first lady tested positive for the coronavirus.
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