The U.S. job market likely expanded further in October, but a report Friday could show the extent to which the recovery has cooled, as new coronavirus infections rise.
Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expect the Labor Department to say U.S. employers added 530,000 jobs in October and that the unemployment rate fell to 7.7% from September’s 7.9%. That would mark the sixth straight month of job creation since the pandemic plunged the country into recession this past spring.
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