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Labour market still hot

We forecast a smaller, but still rapid, 350,000 gain in non-farm payrolls in August, with the unemployment rate remaining at 3.5%.

We’ll be discussing the US August employment report in an online Drop-In session on Friday, 2nd September. Register now.

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