Us Unemployment Rate August 2024. Economists were expecting a net gain of 160,000 jobs and for the unemployment rate to fall to 4.2%, according to factset. “the latest report from the bureau of labor.

Us unemployment rate rises again, cementing path to fed rate cut. Us employers added 142,000 jobs in august, a sharp pickup from july’s downwardly revised total, and the unemployment rate edged lower to 4.2% from 4.3%.