U.S. hiring picked up in August
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(ABC 6 News) — According the Labor Report’s August job report, more than 142,000 jobs were added last month across the nation.
This comes while the U.S. unemployment rate went down to 4.2%.
Based on this latest jobs report, the Federal Reserve remains on track to cut interest rates during its upcoming September 18th meeting.