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Employers added 336,000 jobs in September

Employers added 336,000 jobs in September, a significant increase in hiring compared to previous months and more than the experts forecasted.

A healthy job market is good for people seeking work but might make the Federal Reserve’s job of controlling inflation harder.

NPR chief economic correspondent Scott Horsley joins us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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