US job gains miss expectations in August as labor market cools

Legit | 07-09-2024 04:23am |

US hiring bounced back in August but missed expectations while the jobless rate crept down, government data showed Friday, paving the way towards central bank rate cuts in the coming weeks. The August number came in below economists' expectations of 165,000, according to a Briefing.com consensus forecast.

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