//Unemployment drops to 6.9% as US adds a solid 638,000 jobs

Unemployment drops to 6.9% as US adds a solid 638,000 jobs

Related video above: S&P 500 sinks as virus leads to more shutdownsU.S. employers added 638,000 jobs in October, a solid pace though far fewer than needed to regain most of the jobs lost to the pandemic recession just as new viral cases are setting record highs.The gain suggested that a tentative economic recovery is still intact even as it faces a surging viral outbreak. October’s