U.S. hiring is expected to have slowed in September after a stronger-than-expected increase a month earlier, with Friday's employment report set to provide the latest reading on a labor market that has shown relatively low layoffs but restrained hiring.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to release the September employment report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, Oct. 2. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect nonfarm payrolls to have increased by 84,000, with the unemployment rate holding at 4.1%.