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Friday’s jobs report showed that the U.S. economy added just 12,000 jobs in October, well below the estimates of 106,000 and the 223,000 jobs that were added in the previous month. But economist Joe Brusuelas says the weak number is in large part due to the Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) machinist strike and labor interruptions from hurricanes Milton and Helene. According to Brusuelas’ data, Boeing’s strike caused the loss of roughly 40,000 jobs in the manufacturing space. Hurricanes Milton and Helene led to the temporary loss of thousands more jobs, helping explain the significant weakness of October’s …