During the almost decade-long recovery from the Great Recession, job growth has sometimes plunged in a single month - to 15,000 in May 2016, for example, and to 18,000 in September 2017 - only to rebound to healthy levels in the months that followed.
When equities post losses, the precious metal usually goes up, as investors are looking for a safe haven. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index sank the most in a month, with carmakers and miners leading declines, while contracts on the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq indexes dropped.