Commuters headed to workgettyThe August unemployment level is up to 4.3%. However, that level remains a positive indicator. Why? Because it is well below the historical median level of 5.5%. A full 75% of all the post-World War II months had a higher unemployment level. The two graphs below show this historical comparison:The current unemployment picture looks fineJohn Tobey (FRB of St Louis - FRED)An easier way to see where the current unemployment rate stands is to sort all the months by size:Current unem ...

the unemployment rate for those who are between the ages of 16 and 24. So those young people who you mentioned, Dan, that unemployment rate now at 10.5%. That's the highest it's been going back to April of 2021.>> For new college grads, there's definitely the process of landing your first job. But I think the thing that employers are really really focused on right now is they're trying to figure out how to retool and upskill their workforces for an economy that is really focused on AI as a way that you win ...

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Welcome back. The economy adding 22,000 jobs in August. That was well below estimates while the unemployment rate ticked higher as expected.4.3% is the new unemployment rate. Yan Hatius, Goldman Sachs chief economist, head of global investment research joins us now to discuss. Welcome back, Yan.Hi. Good good to see you're still you're still here after the uh the president's assault, which we'll we'll talk to you about in a moment. But just reaction on on jobs to this weaker print.It was a little bit weaker ...

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Right, we are just a few seconds away from that August employment number. Rick Stanelli is standing by. He's been watching all of this as we get ready to go to this number.Rick, we're going to send it over to you. Wow. And the data is actually coming across the wires on time.Good job, BLS. Change in Knob Farm payrolls for the August job jobs report. 22,000 22,000.Interest rates started dropping long before this data was released. And last month, well, a subtle revision to 79,000. And if you look at the two- ...

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We do have the data and it is not good. 22,000 jobs created during the month of August. That is significantly lower than the 75,000 anticipated last month.73,000 revised up to 79,000 change in private payrolls. 38,000. Last month it was 83,000.The two month net payroll revision is another -21,000. We'll have to look and see what the breakdown on that is. But the unemployment rate, which is the thing the Fed is watching moves to 4.3% from 4.2%.The labor force participation rate ticks up to 62.3%. Manufacturi ...