"Economists React to the August Jobs Report: ‘Hiring Fell Back to Earth’"

From Real Time Economics:

How economists and analysts reacted to slower hiring and steady unemployment in August

U.S. employers slowed their hiring in August,
with nonfarm payrolls rising by a seasonally adjusted 151,000 following
gains of 275,000 in July and 271,000 in June, according to the Labor Department.
The unemployment rate last month was steady at 4.9%. Here’s how
economists and