Rata șomajului a crescut în mod neașteptat la 3.7% în august, pe măsură ce disponibilizările continuă să crească

Topline

The unemployment rate unexpectedly rose last month as the economy added another 315,000 jobs—signaling the labor market, which has remained one of the economy’s strongest pillars during the pandemic recovery, could be starting to cool as the Federal Reserve works to combat inflation by tempering consumer demand.

Fapte-cheie

Job gains in August were much lower than the 526,000 new jobs added in July but in line with expectations for a decline, according to data eliberat Vineri de Departamentul Muncii.

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%—falling short of expectations it would remain flat at 3.5%—as the number of unemployed people increased by 344,000 to 6 million.

The monthly jobs report comes one day after career services firm Challenger Gray raportate that layoffs spiked 30% in August, compared to one year prior, marking the fourth month of annual increases this year.

Fundalul cheie

Piața muncii a rămas unul dintre cei mai puternici piloni ai economiei după revenirea din recesiunea Covid, iar oficialii Fed au indicat de multă vreme puterea ca dovadă că economia poate rezista majorărilor suplimentare ale ratelor. În ciuda răspândirii Rapoarte of layoffs and hiring freezes, the economy posted impressive job growth for July, with more than half a million new jobs added. At his highly awaited Jackson Hole speech last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged there “will very likely be some softening” in the labor market as interest rate hikes curb demand and ultimately bring down inflation. Despite the unexpected job less, however, job openings actually rose last month—adding to conflicting semne about the state of the labor market.

Ce să urmăriți

Goldman economists project recent job cuts will be reflected in coming reports and said they expect job openings, which are down to 11.2 million from a record high of nearly 11.6 million in March, to “fall further” in the coming months.

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