The U.S. added 187,000 jobs in August, higher than the 170,000 that were expected. The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.8% from 3.5% in July. Average hourly earnings rose by 4.3% year-over-year. Yahoo Finance Live breaks the report down. -- Jose De Hoyos is recruiting in the oil patch. He got his start meeting workers in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale basin. This month, you’ll find him glad-handing in Odessa, Texas.
2% and growth was most likely flat in July, data showed on Friday, a signal to the central bank ahead of its meeting next week that interest rates are high enough. The second-quarter reading was far lower than the Bank of Canada's forecast for a 1.5% annualized GDP growth as well as the 1.2% gain expected by analysts.
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