• 09/20/2024

Employers Added 142,000 Jobs, Missing Expectations, Though Unemployment Ticked Down

Wall Street Journal

The economy added 142,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department, an uptick from July hiring that sparked slowdown fears and jarred global financial markets. The unemployment rate in August ticked lower to 4.2%.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jobs-report-august-unemployment-economy-b869cf39