A worker walks to a construction site in front of the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, on Oct. 5, 2012. The U.S. unemployment rate dropped by 0.3 percentage point to 7.8 percent in September, marking the lowest level since January 2009, the Labor Department said Friday. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)

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U.S. unemployment rate drops to 44-month low

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (Xinhua)-- The U.S. unemployment rate fell to the lowest level since January 2009 in September, the Department of Labor reported on Friday.

But analysts say the decline, which has the potential to change the dynamics of the heated presidential campaign, may not be good enough to improve the whole U.S. job market picture.   Full story

A worker walks to a construction site in front of the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, on Oct. 5, 2012. The U.S. unemployment rate dropped by 0.3 percentage point to 7.8 percent in September, marking the lowest level since January 2009, the Labor Department said Friday. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)