That's
a bit slower job growth than prior years, as shown in the table below, but this is a typical pattern as the job market closes in on full employment (h / t to the great Lexin Cai for making this table!).
Not exact matches
U.S.
job growth slowed down sharply in August and more Americans gave up the hunt for work, giving a cautious Federal Reserve more reasons to wait a
bit longer before raising interest rates.
However, this goes against the consensus for
slower jobs growth, as well as Markit's finding that
jobs growth eased a
bit.