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US adds just 12,000 jobs as hurricanes and strikes produce worst report of Biden’s term

October figure far below average forecast of 100,000 job gains and comes just four days before US election
Friday’s jobs data was gathered during the week that Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida and shortly after Hurricane Helene slammed the south-east of the US

The US economy added just 12,000 new positions in October, in by far the weakest jobs report of the Biden administration, as the closely watched number was hit hard by hurricanes and the Boeing strike.

Friday’s figure, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics just four days before the US election, was seized upon by the Trump campaign. However, the Biden administration argued that the underlying data — notably on unemployment — remained strong.

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