The modest 142,000 increase in non-farm payrolls in August, which was well belowthe consensus forecast at 230,000 and the smallest gain this year, will inevitably sparkspeculation that the US recovery is somehow coming off the rails again. We're not too concerned, however, by what is probably just an isolated blip.
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