September jobs report: hiring stalls, unemployment rises to 4.2%

What the coverage shows

Both Reuters and the South China Morning Post focus on the same core job-market picture: September hiring slowed sharply and unemployment rose, with both extracts also noting weaker prior-month payroll revisions. Reuters foregrounds the policy angle, saying the report almost took another Federal Reserve rate hike off the table, while the South China Morning Post alone adds that the weakness may reflect a calendar quirk and likely does not signal a material shift in the labour market.

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