Dayton Business Journal...
U.S. economy adds 103K jobs, unemployment rate steady at 9.1%
Friday, October 7, 2011 

The U.S. economy created 103,000 non-farm payroll jobs in September while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.1 percent. 

In its monthly jobs report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics also revised higher its estimate of jobs created in the prior two months. Total non-farm payroll employment for July was revised to a gain of 127,000 from a gain of 85,000. The change for August was revised from 0 to an increase of 57,000. 

BLS said the increase in September employment partially reflected the return to payrolls of about 45,000 telecommunications workers who had been on strike in August. 

The job gain surpassed the average analyst estimate of 55,000 new jobs calculated by Bloomberg News. 

The Dayton-area unemployment situation improved in the most recent figures. In August, the local jobless rate fell to 9.4 percent, down from 10 percent in July and 10.3 percent in August 2010. 

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