US adds robust 250,000 jobs; pay growth fastest since 2009

By Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press
The final major economic report before Tuesday’s congressional elections showed that U.S. employers added a stellar 250,000 jobs in October and raised average pay by the most in nearly a decade.
At the same time, the unemployment rate remained at a five-decade low of 3.7 percent.
Friday’s employment report from the government pointed to a consistently robust job market that shows no sign of flagging even with the economy in its 10th year o