The
US economy added 142,000 jobs in August, latest figures from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reveal, missing expectations.
The
unemployment rate dipped to 6.1% from 6.2% in July.
The
world's largest economy had been averaging a monthly jobs gain of 212,000 in
the previous 12 months.
Part
of the sluggish jobs growth was attributed to a loss of 17,000 food and
beverage jobs as a result of a supermarket store strike.
Thousands
of employees of the Market Basket chain of supermarkets in the northeastern US
had gone on strike in July to protest the
