US adds more jobs than expected in September

Natalie ShermanBusiness reporterGetty ImagesThe first official data in weeks on the US job market is out, and it shows that hiring picked up after a lacklustre summer.Employers added a better-than-expected 119,000 jobs in September, but the unemployment rate ticked up from 4.3% to 4.4%, the Labor Department said. The US government shutdown, which ended last week after more than a month, had delayed publication of…