US jobless rate falls to 6-year low of 5.9 percent

U.S. employers added 248,000 jobs in September, a burst of hiring that helped drive down the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent, the lowest since July 2008. The Labor Department report Friday also showed that employers added a combined 69,000 more jobs in July and August than the government had previously estimated.

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