Cracks in the U.S. economy: Job growth slows 75% from a year ago
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Photo credit: Tony Webster via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Scott Horsley. NPR – September 5, 2025.
The U.S. jobs engine is sputtering and looks to be in danger of stalling out. U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs in August, according to a report Friday from the Labor Department. The unemployment rate inched up 4.3%. Revised figures also show there was also a net loss of jobs in June for the first time since 2020, in the midst of the pandemic. […]
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