The August Jobs Report Is In. Here’s What It Tells Us About the Fall Hiring Market

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about whether we would actually see the traditional “September Surge” in hiring this year. Now we have another important piece of the puzzle: the August jobs report. The U.S. added 162,000 jobs in August, significantly stronger than expected. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, and June and July were revised […]