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Continued strong payroll gains in August

We expect a 750,000 gain in payrolls in August which, although slightly weaker than the gains seen in June and July, would be enough to push the unemployment rate down to 5.1% and would probably count as “substantial further progress” in the eyes of many Fed officials.

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