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Welcome to August Jobs Day

Contributors: Danielle Kurtzleben and Ezra Klein

7 Total Updates Since
Sep 5, 2014, 8:15am EDT

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September 5, 2014
One piece of good news from the August jobs report

By Danielle Kurtzleben

Need a pick-me-up after the disappointing August jobs report? Check out these two charts.
September 5, 2014
Inside the maddeningly slow wage recovery

By Danielle Kurtzleben

The latest jobs report shows wages are (ever so slowly) inching back.
September 5, 2014
A much more encouraging way to look at the jobs report

By Ezra Klein@ezraklein

There's the recovery.
September 5, 2014
The jobs report isn't a weather report

By Ezra Klein@ezraklein

Washington doesn't have to be so passive about jobs.
September 5, 2014
One depressing chart about the recovering labor market

By Danielle Kurtzleben

Today's job report is discouraging enough. Here's one more bit of upsetting news about it.
September 5, 2014
Employers added 142,000 jobs in August

By Danielle Kurtzleben

The new non-farm payrolls count came in well below consensus estimates
September 5, 2014
August Jobs Day

By Danielle Kurtzleben

It's time for the August jobs report. Here's what economists expect.

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