From 16m ago 13.34 BST US economy only added 29,000 jobs in September Newsflash: the US economy added much fewer jobs than expected last month, after a sharp slowdown in hiring. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by just 29,000 last month, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. That's much weaker than the 90,000 new jobs which economists had expected. The BLS says: double quotation markEmployment in all major industries changed little over the month. In another blow, August's jobs report has been revi ...