August NFP = 169k, Unemployment Falls to 7.3%

The August jobs report is out and it showed that 169,000 jobs were created last month. The weak part is that only 152,000 jobs were created in the private sector. The number for July was revised downward from 162,000 to 104,000. That’s a big revision. June was also lowered from 188,000 to 172,000.

The unemployment rate actually ticked down from 7.4% to 7.3%.

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Posted by on September 6th, 2013 at 8:42 am


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