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U.S. Added 250,000 Jobs in October; Unemployment at 3.7 Percent

People at a United Parcel Service hiring event in Manhattan, Oct. 19, 2018. The Labor Department released its hiring and unemployment figures for October, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy. “The underlying fundamentals of the labor market are still really bright,” an economist said after the last official pre-election economic reading. (Kholood Eid/The New York Times)