Alicia Wallace

(CNN) — Ongoing labor strikes and back-to-back hurricanes weren't enough to knock the strong US jobs market off its feet: Private sector hiring blew past expectations in October, payroll processor ADP reported Wednesday.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was held last week in Apia, Samoa, drawing delegations from 56 countries. This meeting, held every two years, provide an important space for Commonwealth countries to plan, exchange knowledge, and make commitments around the set themes. This year, the theme was “One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Common Wealth”. Through CHOGM, the Samoa Communiqué of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was produced.

The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, which is the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, showed prices rose 2.1% for the year ended in September, a slowdown from 2.3% in August, according to Commerce Department data released Thursday.

(CNN) — The barrage of economic data released so far this week has painted a pretty clear picture: Growth is rock solid , and inflation is all but tamed.

The barrage of economic data released so far this week has painted a pretty clear picture: Growth is rock solid, and inflation is all but tamed.

(CNN) — Inflation has slowed further and is just a hair’s breadth from the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.

The October jobs report is set to be released Friday at 8:30 am ET, the last significant piece of economic data before the US presidential election.

The final jobs report before Election Day presented a murky picture of the economy, with just 12,000 jobs added in October as hurricanes and striking workers muddied the data, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday.

(CNN) — The final jobs report before Election Day presented a murky picture of the economy, with just 12,000 jobs added in October as hurricanes

(CNN) — The final jobs report before Election Day presented a murky picture of the economy, with just 12,000 jobs added in October as hurricanes and striking workers muddied the data.