US economy posts terrible hiring number days out from election
US Vice-President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will face heavy criticism just days out from the US presidential election after the latest jobs data fell chronically short of expectations. Photo / AFP
CAMPAIGN DIARY
Twelve thousand is the number of everyone’s lips today. It’s the number of jobs the US economy added in October.
The number is tiny – by far the lowest of Joe Biden’s presidency. Economists had forecast 100,000 jobs. By way of comparison, in September, the US