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Jobs Friday: More jobs and more unemployment

Jobs Friday: More jobs and more unemployment

Update: 2023-09-012
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The jobs report is in! And both the rate of employment AND unemployment went up in August. How does that happen? Plus, how disabled people are doing in the labor market.

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Jobs Friday: More jobs and more unemployment

Jobs Friday: More jobs and more unemployment