Marketplace · Friday, September 4, 2026
The August jobs report indicated strong growth with 162,000 jobs added and a steady unemployment rate of 4.1%. Analysts suggest this performance, better than expected, may encourage the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at its upcoming meeting.
“So the numbers are 162,000 jobs added, a steady unemployment rate of 4.1 percent. Courtney, what do you think of those numbers?”
“The markets seem to think that this has encouraged the Fed to raise rates at their coming meeting.”
“The inflation numbers still not terrific. And so that's not great, but at least it can kind of focus the minds of the members of the FOMC, so that they can raise interest rates.”