A sagging global economy has finally caught up with the United States. Nervous employers pulled back on hiring in August and September as China’s economy slowed, global markets sank and foreigners bought fewer U.S. goods. Friday’s monthly jobs report from the government suggested that the U.S. economy, which has been outshining others around the world, may be weakening. Lackluster growth overseas has reduced exports of U.S. factory goods and cut into the overseas profits of large companies. Canada, the largest U.S. trading partner, is in recession. China, the second-largest economy after the United States, is growing far more slowly. And emerging economies, from Brazil to Turkey, are straining to grow at all. A result is that economists now expect the Federal Reserve to delay a long-awaited increase in interest rates, possibly until next year. Employers added just 142,000 jobs in September, and the government sharply lowered […]