US Nonfarm Payroll Employment Situation


   
                                      August          July       Expectations
Jobs                                  162,000         -21,000*   55,000
Unemployment Rate                     4.1%            4.1%       4.2%
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Econoday

* Revised from -23,000





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