WASHINGTON — Unemployment remained at 6.1% in September, as businesses cut 159,000 nonfarm jobs, the Department of Labor reported today.

The economy has lost 760,000 jobs this year.

The number of job losses was a dramatic increase from the 84,000 losses in August. It was the 9th consecutive month of job losses.

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