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Unemployment held steady at 6.1 percent in September, the Labor Department reported, while payrolls outside the farm sector rose by 57,000 jobs after falling a revised 41,000 in August. It was the first gain for payrolls since 158,000 in January.
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This surprising spike in payrolls has helped to crush any hopes held by those on the Street that the Federal Reserve would soon cut interest rates. Economists had expected job growth to slow from November, especially following release of the ADP employment report on Wednesday, which showed a 40,000 decline in private-sector payrolls.
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The disastrous US payrolls report on Friday ... hit the USD/JPY cross rate in quite an aggressive way. A clear sign that US economic activity might be heading for a period of sub-trend growth (at least) resulting in a sharp loss of interest rate support only could be considered as USD-negative. On top of that, this prospect only heightened current risk aversion among investors.
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The Times developed a list of names of relatives and businesses owned by relatives on campaign payrolls from interviews, news accounts and personal financial disclosure reports. Campaign reports do not have to disclose whether recipients of funds are related to a candidate, so The Times' list is most likely incomplete.
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