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The furlough of hundreds of thousands of federal workers during the 43-day government shutdown may be partly responsible for the increase in the U.S. unemployment rate to a four-year high. The ...

According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in August 2025, the national unemployment rate for the United States was 4.3%. While 22,000 new jobs were added in August, led by job ...

The latest data means 2025 saw the weakest annual job growth since 2003, with just 584,000 jobs added last year.