August 2019 Employment Situation
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on September 21st, 2019One of the most-followed economic indicators disappointed in August 2019. Employment gains decelerated to 130,000 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Adding to the weakness, the prior two months’ tallies were downwardly revised by 20,000 net new jobs. However, we shouldn’t lose track of the fact that unemployment is very low; it held steady at 3.7 percent