While the Labor Department released a closely watched report on Friday showing modestly stronger than expected job growth in the month of August, the report also showed an unexpected increase in the unemployment rate.
The Labor Department said employment climbed by 187,000 jobs in August compared to economist estimates for the addition of 170,000 jobs.
Subscribe to continue reading the article.
This article is part of our premium content offering.Subscribe with a RTTNews subscription.
Subscribe NowAlready subscribed? Sign in
For comments and feedback: editorial@rttnews.com