Latest Job Report Shows Decent Numbers

It’s that time of month again!

The jobs report for October was released and although pundits are saying it’ll have an impact in the election, we do know this: 171,000 new jobs were created and the unemployment rate is 7.9 percent.

As per CBS News, the report demonstrated job growth that was better than anticipated even though the unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point.

Despite rumors the report was going to be delayed courtesy of Hurricane Sandy, the show went on as it was released this morning at 8:30 a.m.

Although

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