Stefan Löfven Sweden's new Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, presents his minority government consisting of the Social Democrats and the Green Party; former EU commissioner Margot Wallström is the new foreign minister.
Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that unemployment in the United States has dropped from 6.1% to 5.9% in September, the lowest since July of 2008. The labor force participation rate also fell, to 62.7 percent.