Hurricanes and the Boeing strike likely drove payrolls lower in October, but the weak employment report keeps officials on track to reduce interest rates by a quarter point next week.
Boeing union workers, in their seventh week of a strike, are seeking higher wages along with the restoration of the company's pension plan, which has been frozen since 2014.
The Republican presidential candidate argued that his policies would result in substantial growth, despite projections that his agenda would fuel inflation and spike the national debt.
Thanks to an aircraft machinists strike, the Gulf Coast hurricanes, and the Fed's restrictive monetary policy, output fell by 0.3%, after rising 0.3% in August.