WASHINGTON, D.C.: The US jobs machine shifted into higher gear in September, pushing the unemployment rate down to the lowest level in six years.
In a boost for President Barack Obama a month before midterm congressional elections, the Labor Department reported that the economy pumped out 248,000 net new positions last month, sending the jobless rate to 5.9 percent.
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