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Alarm bells ringing as unemployment grows in US

Heritage Foundation find unverified economic numbers to show Trump

The US economy added 22,000 jobs in August, fewer than anticipated, with unemployment increasing to 4.3 per cent, the highest level since 2021.
This August jobs report is the first since Donald Trump dismissed Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer, following his baseless claims that previous employment figures were “phony”.
Donald Trump criticised Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell for not reducing interest rates, a sentiment echoed by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Revisions revealed the economy lost 13,000 jobs in June, and sectors such as manufacturing, construction, and federal employment experienced declines, though healthcare added jobs.
Economists interpret the report as the clearest indication yet of a cooling labour market, raising concerns about the potential politicisation and trustworthiness of US jobs data.