The U.S. economy added only 661,000 jobs in September, the Labor Department reported today. That's down from an upwardly revised 1.49 million jobs added in August. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg were looked for the economy to addd 859,000 jobs in September. The official unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 7.9% from 8.4% in August. […]


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