The Bureau of Labor Statistics issued, on Friday, its worst Jobs Report since March 2019.

A jobs report skewed by hurricanes and a strike at Boeing landed on voters’ radar with less than a week until Election Day, scrambling the picture of the U.S. economy as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump prepare to face off against each other after one of the most bitter presidential campaigns in recent memory.

Job growth ground to a halt in October, as hurricanes and striking workers held down employment. Yet even excluding those effects, the report brought some warning signs for the job market. Why it matters: The one-off disruptions make parsing the report tricky.

Yes, it was a noisy October jobs report thanks to a pair of hurricanes and strikes, but that doesn't fully account for a disappointing reading, said Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics,

The final jobs report before Election Day shows the number of jobs added to the U.S. economy plummeted in October, with only 12,000 new hires. Despite adding roughly 100,000 fewer jobs than expected,

The latest round of employment statistics from the U.S. government showed a meager 12K jobs gained during October. That was down sharply from the 233K that were created in the previous month. The figure also came in well below economists' expectations,

The October jobs report was recently released, and the numbers were alarmingly low. However, despite this seemingly negative news, the stock market is rallying. This article explores the reasons behind this paradox and the two significant impacts of this startling number.