The 136,000 increase in non-farm payrolls in September illustrates that while growth in employment (and broader activity) has slowed, it is not collapsing. Otherwise, the employment report was something of a mixed bag – with the unemployment rate dropping to a 50-year low, while average hourly earnings were stagnant on the month.
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