Revisions and rising unemployment: what to know about the US jobs report

<p>August’s report gave signs of a cooling labor market with negative job numbers for the first time since 2020 – here’s what we learned</p><p>A closely watched <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/05/us-jobs-report-august-tariffs">report</a> on US jobs released on Friday gave signs of a cooling labor market.</p><p>The economy added just 22,000 new jobs in August, coming in below expectations, while the unemployment rate ticked slightly up to 4.3%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the beginning of the year, more than 100,000 jobs were being added each month.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/05/august-us-jobs-report-explainer">Continue reading...</a>