© 2026 Boise State Public Radio
NPR in Idaho
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Job numbers miss expectations, U.S. and allies to release diesel reserves as prices stay high

Here & Now’s Indira Lakshmanan talks with Mike Regan, managing editor of Bloomberg News, about all the latest economics facts and figures. The latest job numbers show employers only added 29,000 jobs in the month of September, much lower than expectations.

Over the next four months the, G7 nations are going to release as many as 100 million barrels of emergency oil and diesel stocks. Will Americans start to feel relief at the gas pumps?

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2026 WBUR

You make stories like this possible.

The biggest portion of Boise State Public Radio's funding comes from readers like you who value fact-based journalism and trustworthy information.

Your donation today helps make our local reporting free for our entire community.