Former President Trump plans to take a final swipe at Vice President Kamala Harris following Friday’s latest jobs report.
Comments prepared for Trump’s upcoming rally in North Carolina later Saturday shows him blaming Harris for tens of thousands of lost jobs. The Department of Labor’s own report attributes the losses to the effects of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
“It was announced yesterday that our country has lost nearly 30,000 private sector jobs in the past month alone, along with nearly 50,000 manufacturing jobs in one month. They try to blame the hurricane for the jobs numbers – but it wasn’t Hurricane Helene. “It was Hurricane Kamala,” Trump will say.
“Under her catastrophic economic agenda, more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been wiped out since the start of this year. Last month, 150,000 Americans were placed on the unemployment rolls and nearly a quarter of a million people disappeared from the workforce,” the comments said. continue.
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American job growth Growth slowed in October, well below economists’ expectations, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged.
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The Department of Labor reported Friday that employers added 12,000 jobs in October, well below the 113,000 jobs forecast by LSEG economists and the lowest number since December 2020.
The unemployment rate was 4.1%, in line with expectations.
Friday’s jobs report attributed much of the private sector job losses to the impact of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. (Steve Antel)
The number of jobs added in the previous two months were both revised downwards, with August job creation revised downwards by 81,000 from a gain of 159,000 to 78,000, while September was revised downwards by 31,000 from a gain of 254,000 to 223,000 .
Private sector wage costs shrank by 28,000 in October after LSEG economists forecast they would rise by 90,000.
The manufacturing sector saw employment decline by 46,000 jobs in October, which was largely due to strike activity in the transportation equipment manufacturing sector, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). About 33,000 unionized machinists at Boeing have been on strike since early September.
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The construction sector added 8,000 jobs – less than the average of 20,000 jobs per month over the past 12 months. The health care industry added 52,300 jobs in October, close to the average monthly increase of 58,000 over the past year.
The government added 40,000 jobs in October, largely in line with average monthly gains of 43,000 over the past 12 months.
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The BLS noted that Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Southeast before the reference period for its employment surveys, while Hurricane Milton hit the same region during the reporting period.
Eric Revell of Fox Business contributed to this report
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter at Fox News Digital covering national politics and major news events. Send tips to [email protected], or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.