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The US Employment Situation -- August 2025
Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in August (+22,000) and has shown little change since April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. The unemployment rate, at 4.3 percent, also changed little in August. A job gain in health care was partially offset by losses in federal government and in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by ... (full story)
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August jobs report shows US labor market continues dramatic summer slowdown
The US labor market continues to slow. The August jobs report released Friday by the the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed there were just 22,000 new jobs added to the economy last month, far fewer than forecast and the latest sign that the US labor market slowed down through the summer. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in August. Economists had expected the report to show 75,000 jobs were created last month with the unemployment rate forecast to rise to 4.3%, according to data from Bloomberg. In July, the economy created 73,000 new jobs. Those figures were revised on Friday to show there were 79,000 jobs ... (full story)
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US added 22,000 jobs in August, short of expectations
The U.S. economy added 22,000 jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent in August, according to the first federal jobs report released since President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Economists expected the U.S. to gain 75,000 jobs last month with the unemployment rate rising slightly to 4.3 percent, up from 4.2 percent in July, according to consensus projections. The August jobs report comes as Trump seeks a major change atop the BLS, a non-political statistical agency thrust into a partisan battle. Trump fired former BLS Director Erika McEntarfer, a veteran of both Republican ... (full story)
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