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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

US jobs growth worse than expected in first report since Trump fired agency head, for bad jobs report

The U.S. economy added 22,000 jobs in August — worse than financial experts had expected — according to the first government report since President Donald Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

The August Jobs Report, published Friday, revealed that the employment market continued to cool in the same month that Trump’s global tariffs took effect.

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