Headline RoundupSeptember 3rd, 2021

235,000 Jobs Added in August, Well Short of Estimates

Summary from the AllSides News Team

The U.S. economy added 232,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate fell from 5.4% to 5.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. It's the lowest monthly number of jobs added since January. Economists predicted that roughly 750,000 jobs would be added; reports across the spectrum cited the recent rise in COVID-19 cases and the spread of the Delta variant as reasons for the slowed growth. The economy has added roughly 17 million jobs since April 2020; overall employment is down 3.5% since the beginning of the pandemic.

Outlets across the spectrum highlighted the news Friday. There were few notable differences in coverage from left- and right-rated outlets. 

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