Stronger August jobs report adds 162,000 jobs, raises rate jitters
August U.S. payrolls added 162,000 jobs, about three times economists’ expectations, following a revised 21,000-job gain for July.
Friday's stronger-than-expected jobs report showed that the U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August.
That figure was about three times what economists expected, and a sharp increase from the revised 21,000-job gain for July.Investors are anxious over whether the Fed will lift interest rates on Se…