Nonfarm Payrolls for August: -216K; Unemployment Rate: 9.7%, vs. Consensus 9.5%

September 4, 2009 8:30 AM EDT

Nonfarm payrolls change for the month of August: -216K vs. the consensus of -230K, and -247K in July.

Unemployment Rate for the month comes in at 9.7%, vs. the consensus of 9.5%, and compared to 9.4% in July.

Average hourly earnings on a month-over-month basis rose 0.3% and 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. Average weekly hours were 33.1 for the month, inline with economists consensus.

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