November 13th, 2017 | By: John Stewart

Research Brief: Employment – November 2017

Job creation rebounded, adding 261,000 positions in October after hurricane-related effects in Texas and Florida caused a significant slowdown in the September data.  September initially showed negative 33,000 jobs but that has now been revised upward to 18,000.  The bounce back in employment had been expected as historically employment has recovered strongly in the months following major hurricanes.

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