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10/2/2020 12:56PM     

What September’s Jobs Report Tells Us Before the Election

The unemployment rate dropped to 7.9% in September, but job creation slowed to 661,000, compared with the 1.5 million jobs created in August. WSJ’s Sarah Chaney explains the significance of the latest jobs report ahead of the presidential election. Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP

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