Labor Department releases better-than-expected jobs numbers for August

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Published September 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM AKDT

Employers added 162,000 jobs in August, according to the Labor Department.

Here & Now’s Scott Tong talks with Michael Regan, a managing editor at Bloomberg News, about the number that beat economists’ expectations.

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