The U.S. economy added 22,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department reported Friday, as the unemployment rate edged up to 4.3 percent—figures that come amid growing questions about the reliability of the government’s closely watched monthly employment data.
Economists had expected employers to add 75,000 workers to payrolls, with estimates ranging from 59,000 to 110,000, according to Econoday’s survey. They had forecast unemployment would rise to 4.3 percent.
The August report follows a troubling pattern of significant downward revisions that have called into question the accuracy of the initial job numbers. In July, employers initially…
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