Jobs report today: The U.S. added a disappointing 142,000 jobs in August as the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%.

July's figure was cut by 25,000 jobs created, to just 89,000, while June's tally declined to 118,000—off 61,000 from last month's revised figure and 88,000 lower than its original print.

Over the first six months of the year, American job growth has slowed to a 15-year low. It's worth asking why.

August Jobs Report Forecast Highlights. Job report release date and time: Friday, Sept. 6, at 8:30 a.m. EDT; Nonfarm payroll employment is forecast to rise 160,000 vs. the 114,000 increase in July ...

The unemployment rate in August fell to 4.2% from 4.3% in July, according to the Labor Department. But employers added 142,000 jobs last month, less than consensus forecasts that ranged from ...

The August report will be the last batch of jobs data that officials will see before the Federal Open Market Committee’s highly anticipated Sept. 17-18 policy meeting, when it is broadly ...

A gradual pullback in hiring and job openings has come as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are out looking for ...

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