Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Business & Finance › August jobs report could show a summer hiring slump....
Business & Finance

August jobs report could show a summer hiring slump. Haitian refugees are a wild card.

August jobs report could show a summer hiring slump. Haitian refugees are a wild card.
MarketWatch Thursday 03 September 2026, 13:33 UTC By Jeffry Bartash 1 min read
Key Points

Is the U.S. economy enduring a summer hiring slump for the third year in a row? Wall Street expects only a small increase in new jobs in August, but the news probably won’t be all bad.

Is the U.S. economy enduring a summer hiring slump for the third year in a row? Wall Street expects only a small increase in new jobs in August, but the news probably won’t be all bad. [Image text:] GUACSTIME Mexican Grill Now Hiring More Info www.guactimenyc.com Orderon saannesss -ORDERON GUu 5996TH AVE NEW YORK.NY1 * HALA CERTIF This restaurant only offers food inco standards estabished by the Halal of America which require meots to b Muslim performing a horigontal.cu Tasmiya and non-meats to be ingredients.inspected frequentiy c EXPIRESJUL
Haitian (ORG) U.S. (LOCATION)
Originally published by MarketWatch Read original →

Related Stories

Your ETF of the Moment: Riding the Wild, War-Fueled Oil Market

The US-Israel war with Iran and the inability of Donald Trump to extricate himself from it have made one fund a good bet.

Bloomberg Markets 9m ago

Fed's Waller says central bank's next rate move depends on upcoming inflation report

Fed's Waller says central bank's next rate move depends on upcoming inflation report Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller says that an inflation report next week will largely determine whether he supports an interest rate hike later this month or not WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said Thursday that an inflation report next week will largely determine whether he supports an interest rate hike later this month or not. The government will release August...

ABC News US 23m ago

Extra funds push Taiwan’s defence spending past NT$1 trillion for the first time

Taiwan’s cabinet approved a supplementary defence budget of NT$145.7 billion (US$4.6 billion) on Thursday, pushing the island’s total defence-related spending for this year above NT$1 trillion for the first time. The additional funding is expected to raise this year’s overall defence spending from 3.32 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to about 3.83 per cent, the highest level in decades. The supplementary budget, which still requires legislative approval, is aimed at plugging gaps...

South China Morning Post 25m ago

How Sonos rebooted itself

Today, I’m talking with Tom Conrad, the CEO of Sonos. Tom and I have known each other for a long time — he was the chief technology officer of Pandora, VP of product at Snap, and the chief product officer of Quibi. He was also on the board at Sonos during its disastrous 2024 app redesign that threatened to crash the entire brand.  Tom took over as interim CEO to right the ship during that period, and then took the permanent role just about a year ago.

The Verge 25m ago