WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth surged in September, suggesting that the labor market remains strong enough for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year, though wage growth is moderating.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 336,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said in its closely watched employment report on Friday. Data for August was revised higher to show 227,000 jobs added instead of the previously reported 187,000.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls rising by 170,000 jobs. Estimates ranged from 90,000-256,000 jobs. The larger-than-expected increase was despite the tendency for the initial September payrolls print to be biased lower because of seasonal adjustment issues related to the return of education workers after the summer break.

The economy needs to create roughly 100,000 per month to keep up with growth in the working-age population.

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    1 year ago

    Recession is always the Republican goal. When Americans want a stable economy we just switch to voting for Democrats for a few years. When we forget how much recessions suck we switch back to Republican.

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        Not picking is still choosing not to pick (excluding who can't for some reasons).

        Agreed on the some votes counting more than others though

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          Yeah unfortunately the hypothetical "none of the above" vote doesn't count for some reason. They just throw those votes away.