Unemployment Rate Drops in September as Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs Are Added

The U.S. economy added 661,000 jobs in September, while unemployment fell to 7.9 percent, according to Department of Labor data released Friday. Total non-farm payroll employment rose by 661,000 in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, and the number of unemployed persons fell by 1 million to 12.6 million. In August, the unemployment…

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