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The August Employment Report Was Mediocre

Meh

The economy added 96,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell. Daniel Gross crunches the uninspiring numbers.

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So the August employment report was something of an egg drop. Political and economic analysts alike had been gearing up for Friday morning’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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