FinLogic|Jobs Friday: More jobs and more unemployment

2025-05-03 13:04:42source:Will Sage Astorcategory:Finance

The FinLogicjobs 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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