Former President Trump plans to deliver one final blow to Vice President Kamala Harris over the latest jobs report on Friday.

Remarks prepared for Trump’s next rally in North Carolina later Saturday showed him blaming Harris for tens of thousands of lost jobs. The Department of Labor’s own report attributes these losses to the fallout from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

“Yesterday it was announced that our country lost nearly 30,000 private sector jobs last month alone, as well as nearly 50,000 manufacturing jobs in a single month. They are trying to pin the blame on employment figures to the hurricane, but it was not Hurricane Helene, “it was Hurricane Kamala,” Trump should say.

“As part of his catastrophic economic agenda, more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since the start of this year. 150,000 Americans filed for unemployment last month and nearly a quarter of a million people have left the active population”, we can read in this press release. continue.

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Job growth in the United States slowed in October, well below economists’ expectations, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged.

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The Labor Department reported Friday that employers added 12,000 jobs in October, well below the gain of 113,000 predicted by LSEG economists and the lowest figure since December 2020.

The unemployment rate rose to 4.1%, in line with expectations.

Friday’s jobs report attributes many of the private sector job losses to fallout from Hurricanes Helene and Milton. (Steve Antle)

The number of jobs created over the previous two months was revised downward, with August job creation revised down by 81,000 from a gain of 159,000 to 78,000, while the Job creation in September was revised down by 31,000, from a gain of 254,000 to 223,000.

Private sector payrolls contracted by 28,000 in October after LSEG economists forecast an increase of 90,000.

The manufacturing sector saw employment decline by 46,000 jobs in October, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said was largely due to strikes in the transportation equipment manufacturing sector. About 33,000 unionized machinists at Boeing have been on strike since early September.

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The construction sector created 8,000 jobs, below the average of 20,000 jobs per month over the past 12 months. The health care sector added 52,300 jobs in October, close to its average monthly gain of 58,000 last year.

The government created 40,000 jobs in October, essentially matching its average monthly gain of 43,000 over the past 12 months.

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The BLS noted that Hurricane Helen made landfall in the Southeast before the reporting period of its employment surveys, while Hurricane Milton hit the same region during the reporting period. .

Eric Revell of Fox Business contributed to this report