August jobs report: hiring stalls with unemployment up to 4.3%
Fastcompany·2025-09-05 18:01
Fast Company Innovation Festival Ticket Giveaway—Enter now! LOGIN SUBSCRIBE | FastCo Works advertisement BYÂ Associated Press Listen to this ArticleMore info 0:00 / 0:00 U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Donald Trump's economic policies.The Labor Department said Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July and came in below the roughly 80,000 economists had expected for August. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3% ...