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U.S. October job counts seem distorted by hurricanes/strikes – RBC

The tiny 12k payroll employment gain in October was heavily distorted by the impact of hurricanes, a large strike in the manufacturing sector, and an unusually low initial survey response rate, RBC’ economists note.

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