U.S. Unexpectedly Lost 32,000 Jobs Last Month, ADP Data Show

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The Wall Street Journal

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4.1 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: The U.S. Supreme Court allows Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to keep her job for now, scheduling arguments in January. And Meta says it will begin using chatbot data to target ads on its platforms. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.4	Here's your midday brief for Wednesday, October 1st.
0:36.8	I'm Alex O'Sulllla for the Wall Street Journal.
0:39.7	The U.S. lost 32,000 private sector jobs in September. That's according to a report from
0:45.2	payroll giant ADP. The unexpected decline follows a revised loss of 3,000 jobs in August and surprised
0:52.5	economists who had projected a gain of 45,000 jobs.
0:56.8	Leisure and hospitality had the largest decline among major sectors, while small businesses
1:01.0	accounted for the majority of the losses when it came to establishment size.
1:05.2	It's the latest sign that the labor market is weakening.
1:08.7	The Supreme Court has allowed Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to
1:12.5	keep her job for now and scheduled arguments in January to weigh President Trump's bid to fire
1:17.7	her. In a brief order, the court deferred a decision on the Trump administration's emergency
1:22.8	request to remove Cook from the central bank's independent board while a lawsuit challenging her firing proceeds.
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