US unemployment rate rises, wage growth cools as labor market slows

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U.S. job growth picked up in August, but the unemployment rate rose and wage gains slowed.

Average hourly earnings gain 0.2%; up 4.3% year-on-year

Employment gains in June and July were revised down to show 110,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. The report followed on the heels of news this week that jobThe labor market is slowing in response to the U.S. central bank's hefty rate hikes to cool demand in the economy.Nonfarm payrolls increased by 187,000 jobs last month. That was sharply down from the monthly average gain of 271,000 over the past 12 months.

in early August, which left about 30,000 workers unemployed, had led economists to anticipate slower job growth in August.A tendency for the initial payrolls count to be weaker in August before being subsequently revised higher in September and October also factored into economists' expectations. The transportation and warehousing sector shed 34,000 jobs, reflecting the Yellow trucking bankruptcy. There were also job losses in the information sector, in part reflecting the Hollywood strike.

 

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