General Motors strike to slash U.S. October payrolls - JPMorgan
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A month-long strike at General Motors could cut U.S. job growth by as much as 75,000 in October, JPMorgan economist Daniel Silver said on Friday, an unwelcome development amid financial market fears of a recession.Silver said in a research note that the estimated hit to nonfarm payrolls would be the result of both direct and indirect effects of the strike by about 48,000 workers at the automaker. The estimate draws comparisons with the 1998 strike at GM, which JPMorgan..