US – The October Jobs Report in charts

The unemployment rate fell to 5.8%, its lowest level since 2008.

The number of Americans in the labor force ticked up slightly from the previous month.

And the employment-to-population ratio, a measure of the share of Americans who are working, rose slightly to a five-year high.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at  The October Jobs Report in 13 Charts – Real Time Economics – WSJ.