The financial system added 136,000 new jobs in September, in response to Bureau of Labor Statistics. And the U.S. unemployment price dropped to three.5%, the bottom price since December 1969. MarketWatch reviews:

The resilience seen within the September job report will elevate hopes that the financial system can keep away from a recession. Though manufacturing exercise and enterprise funding have been weak, client spending has held up properly.

Many economists say the employment report is a lagging indicator and they are going to be looking forward to readings over the subsequent few months earlier than giving an “all-clear” signal for the financial system.

The Federal Reserve has been slicing rates of interest this 12 months as insurance coverage in opposition to a slowdown in financial development, however the job report doesn’t add to expectations of one other lower in October.