WASHINGTON: The US job market has gone from healthy to lethargic during President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in the White House, as hiring has collapsed and inflation has started to climb once again as his tariffs take hold. Friday’s jobs report showed employers added a mere 22,000 jobs in August, as the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent. Factories and construction firms shed workers. Revisions showed the economy lost 13,000 jobs in June, the first monthly losses since December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Disappointing US jobs report shows hiring slowed sharply this summer

Trump's trade wars have created an atmosphere of economic anxiety.

US employers added just 22,000 jobs in August, slowing from July and coming in below economists’ expectations.

Economists suggest the smaller gains show employers are increasingly wary of Trump’s tariff-driven economic policies.

Manufacturers are slowing hiring amid increased uncertainty around tariffs and consumer spending.

WASHINGTON: The US job market has gone from healthy to lethargic during President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in the White House, as hiring has collapsed and inflation…

The U.S. job market has gone from healthy to lethargic during President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in the White House.

Approval of Trump’s economic leadership hit 56% in early 2020, but that figure was 38% in July of this year, according to AP polling.