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

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a stellar 250,000 jobs last month and raised average pay by the most in nearly a decade.The Labor Department's monthly jobs report, the last major economic data before Tuesday's congressional elections, also showed that the unemployment rate remained at a five-decade low of 3.7 percent.The influx of new job-seekers in October increased the proportion of Americans with jobs to its highest level since January 2009.Consumers are the most confident they h