Overall, 12,000 jobs were added However, the private sector lost another 28,000 jobs and government gained 40,000.
Additionally, “the change in total nonfarm payroll employment for August was revised down by 81,000, from +159,000 to +78,000, and the change for September was revised down by 31,000, from +254,000 to +223,000. With these revisions, employment in August and September combined is 112,000 lower than previously reported.”  [BLS Report, Table B-1]

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Nationally the retail sector lost another 6,400 jobs, but state government increased employment.  The host is getting smaller, the parasites are enlarging.

Source: theconservativetreehouse.com