( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “but still growing.” Hiring by America’s employers picked up a bit in August from July’s sluggish pace. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 23s Title: JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: but still growing] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. —————————– VERBATIM: The Labor Department says employers added 142,000 jobs last month, up from just […]
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US hiring rebounds slightly and unemployment rate dips
( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “but still growing.”
Hiring by America’s employers picked up a bit in August from July’s sluggish pace.
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Time: 23s
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Out-cue: but still growing]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The Labor Department says employers added 142,000 jobs last month, up from just 114,000 in July. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2% from 4.3% in July. Last month’s rate had been the highest in nearly three years. Collectively, the figures depict a job market slowing under the pressure of high interest rates, but still growing.