Day November 7, 2026

Budget, Personal Loans

Payrolls Rise 165,000 in October as December Fed Hike Odds Jump to 77%

Interior of a large modern parcel distribution warehouse during a morning shift with several workers in plain grey uniforms lifting cardboard boxes onto long roller conveyor lines, tall steel racking stacked with pallets and cartons receding into the background, high clerestory windows casting broad shafts of daylight across a polished concrete floor, and a forklift parked near the far loading area

U.S. payrolls rose 165,000 in October and unemployment fell to 4.1 percent, lifting December Fed rate hike odds to roughly 77 percent before the December 9 decision.

Laura Adams
November 7, 2026