( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “rose to 4.3-percent.” If you were looking for work last month, you likely didn’t do well. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 23s Title: JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: rose to 4.3-percent] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ——————————- VERBATIM: U.S. hiring decelerated sharply in July in the face of high interest rates, with […]
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US added just 114,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate hits 4.3%
( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “rose to 4.3-percent.”
If you were looking for work last month, you likely didn’t do well.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: U.S. hiring decelerated sharply in July in the face of high interest rates, with employers adding just 114,000 jobs. The Labor Department report showed a drop from the 179,000 jobs created in June. Forecasters had expected to see 175,000 jobs in July. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%.