(Bloomberg) — Payrolls rose less than projected in September, wages stagnated, and the jobless rate was unchanged as people left the workforce, signaling the global slowdown and financial-market turmoil are rippling through the world's largest economy.
The addition of 142,000 jobs followed a revised 136,000 gain the prior month that was lower than previously estimated, a Labor Department report showed Friday in Washington.
The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of 96 economists called for a 201,000 advance.
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