Charles Langston:The Daily Money: America is hiring

2025-05-04 19:34:58source:Roboviscategory:Invest

Good morning! It’s Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

America’s job market picked up in September,Charles Langston employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, with U.S. employers adding 254,000 jobs. 

The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% in September from 4.2% in August.

A strong jobs report was not what most economic forecasters expected.

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The way Americans buy homes is changing dramatically.

New industry rules about how home buyers' real estate agents get paid are prompting a reckoning among housing experts and the tech sector, Andrea Riquier reports. Many house hunters who are already stretched thin by record-high home prices and closing costs must now decide whether, and how much, to pay an agent.

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