The labor force participation rate among women ages 25 to 54, their prime working years, dipped to 78.1% September, from 78.4% in August. But that number is still hovering at record levels, and it’s been climbing steadily to new heights through 2024.

Pantheon Economics cited a "red flag" in September's jobs market data, and expects that the Fed to deliver more 50 basis point cuts.

The September jobs report showed a 254,000 monthly job gain, blowing all estimates out of the water. Read more here.

Here is what you need to know ahead of this morning's monthly payrolls report: Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expect 150,000 new jobs were created last month, up from 142,000 in August.

The September jobs report was stronger than expected and is likely to assuage recession fears, driving up hopes for soft landing or no landing economic scenarios.

The jobs report for September released Friday showed that employment rose for native-born and fell for foreign-born workers.

The U.S. economy created a robust 254,000 new jobs in September, indicating the labor market is still in pretty good shape and likely supporting a gradualist strategy by the Federal Reserve in cutting interest rates.

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The September jobs report will be pivotal for markets because it holds implications for future Fed interest rate policies.

Stronger-than-expected job growth could reaffirm the market’s expectation the Fed will slow its future rate cuts to a quarter-point each, following a half-point reduction at its September meeting. Softer growth could do the opposite,