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162,000 Jobs—and Nobody’s Hiring

Don’t Trust the Jobs Report: Why Corporate America Isn’t Actually Hiring

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Kevin Wheeler
Sep 09, 2026
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Wow! According to the recent job report from Washington, companies added 162,000 jobs in August, and unemployment remained at 4.1%. This makes the hiring situation appear reasonably healthy.

But I don…

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