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Economy Adds 151,000 Jobs In August, Unemployment Remains At 4.9 Percent

09.02.16 | 8:31 am

In this Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, photo, a restaurant posts a sign indicating they are hiring, in Miami. The Labor Department releases its weekly report on applications for unemployment benefits on Thursday, Feb. 11. (A... In this Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, photo, a restaurant posts a sign indicating they are hiring, in Miami. The Labor Department releases its weekly report on applications for unemployment benefits on Thursday, Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) MORE LESS

The U.S. economy grew by 151,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.

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Caitlin Mac Neal is TPM's special projects editor, based in Washington, D.C. She first came to TPM as a newswriter, and has written for HuffPost, the Sunlight Foundation and Slate.

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lew says:

September 2, 2016

WHHAAAAT?? That damn Obama.

Worst. Socialist. Communist. Marxist. Ever.
humpback says:

September 2, 2016

Ho hum. More record-breaking good news from a Democratic president. Bury it in the economy section.
maximus says:

September 2, 2016

Thank you, President Obama.
captaincommonsense says:

September 2, 2016

Expect conserva-tools to invent Yet Another new statistic that explains why the low unemployment is a SMOKESCREEN for how HORRIBLY BAD WRONG BADWRONG BADONG this TRICKLE-UP POVERTY CASINO ECONOMY POOR POORS HAVE NO POOR JOBS is…
pine says:

September 2, 2016

Month after month adding,adding ,adding jobs. Nice. A reminder:

"AVERAGE NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED PER MONTH BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION: 20,000

AVERAGE NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED PER MONTH BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION EXCLUDING THE DISASTROUS LAST YEAR: 65,000

NUMBER OF MONTHS IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IN WHICH THERE WERE 500,000 OR MORE JOBS CREATED: 0. "

http://www.businessinsider.com/number-of-jobs-created-per-month-by-george-bush-2012-5