The United States added only 22,000 jobs in August, and the continued slowdown in the Trump tariff American unemployment and employment data
The job market in the United States stopped during the summer, adding only 22,000 jobs in August and continues to slow down in the labor market, as companies caused by the customs tariff were modified.
The latest job report also contains more bad news. The United States lost 13,000 jobs in June, according to the last survey, the first time that negativity has been entrusted since December 2020.
Augusal unemployment rate was up to 4.3 %, which is the highest since 2021.
The health care sector added 31,000 last month, but most other sectors were flat or lost jobs.
The report highlights the disturbing directions:
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Federal employment fell 15,000 jobs in August, with a total of 97,000 jobs that have been lost since January.
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Manufacturing functions decreased by 12,000 in August and 78,000 declined this year.
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The racist unemployment gap expanded in August. Black Americans see a 7.5 % unemployment rate, compared to 6.1 % last August. The unemployment rate for American eggs is 3.7 %
The data that was closely monitored comes from a monthly survey of the employers conducted by the Bls Statistics Office (BLS), which was attacked by Donald Trump after she reviewed its results last month, indicating that employment in early summer was much weaker than was reported at first.
Last month, BLS reduced the number of new jobs created in May and June by more than 250,000. The numbers – which were reviewed when the office received more reports from companies and government agencies – showed that employment during the summer was much weaker than reported. The revised numbers for the month of May and June 19,000 and 14,000 respectively were the lowest since the epidemic.
These shapes were revised again this month. The BLS team reviewed the June outcome by 27,000, from +14,000 to -13000, and the change was revised for the month of July by 6000, from +73,000 to +79,000. The employment in June and July combined was less than 21,000 than previously mentioned.
Although Trump claimed that the reviews “were forged in order to make the Republicans, and I look bad”, the August numbers show that the declining style continued even after Trump fired office commissioner in revenge. Trump nominated a conservative ally that helped write the 2025 project as a commissioner for the office, leaving many economists concerned about the future of the office.
The data also highlighted from other sources, along with the recession office in the labor market. Salary company ADP On Thursday, private employers added 54,000 jobs in August, approximately 20,000 expectations. Outplacement Challenger, Gray & Christmas said that job cuts reached 85,979 in August – an increase of 39 % of July and an increase of 13 % compared to August 2024.
“The year has started with a strong growth in jobs, but this momentum has been ignored due to uncertainty. A variety of things can explain the slowdown of employment, including lack of employment and volatile consumers and artificial intelligence disorder,” said ADP.
The Federal Reserve monitors the labor market for signs that it may need to set interest rates. When his speech at The Fed’s Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a seminar last month, it seemed that the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hints that officials were inclined to reduce average at their next meeting on September 17.
Although the Wall Street investors were waiting for the following price to be reduced at the Federal Reserve, which will be the first since December, the next pieces may come with warnings. Powell stressed that it is still unclear what is the effect of Trump’s tariff and immigration policies on the economy.
He said: “There is a great lack of certainty about the place where all these policies will settle in the end and what are their permanent effects on the economy.”
Powell warned that although there are new functions that are added every month, “the negative risks to work are increasing. If they can do so quickly in the form of sharply higher discharge and high unemployment.”