Workflow
'It's not good': The U.S. added just 22,000 jobs in August
MSNBCยท2025-09-05 13:23

We will begin this hour, the fourth hour of morning Joe with that breaking economic news. The August jobs report was released moments ago showing that the US added just 22,000 jobs last month, much much less than the 75,000 that economists expected. The unemployment rate also saw a slight increase to 4.3%.This, of course, the first jobs report released since President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last month after that report showed not just a weak level of job creation, but also a ...