KQED Nightly Business Report October 7, 2017
Harvey and irma. And while many see the decline as a short term blip, it did catch forecasters by surprise. In september, the economy shed 33,000 jobs, while economists were looking for a gain of 80,000. The Unemployment Rate did dip, to 4. 2 , the lowest since 2001. And as Hampton Pearson tells us,. Here were other bright reporter hurricanes harvey and irma, which closed thousands of business in texas and florida, ended the 83month streak for job gains. And the loss of 33,000 jobs in september was the first monthly decline in nearly seven years. Restaurants and bars took the biggest stormrela...