WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed for seven weeks by the federal government shutdown.

What You Need To Know • U.S. employers added a suprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed seven weeks by the federal government shutdown • The Labor Department also said Thursday that the unemployment rate rose to 4.4% from 4.3% in August • The increase in payrolls was more than double the 50,000 economists had forecast • But Labor Department revisions showed that jobs fell by 4,000 in August instead of increasing by 22,000 as originally reported

The unemployment rate rose to 4.4% from 4.3% in August, t

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