Private payroll growth is way above Wall Street estimates despite recession fears.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a gain of just 140,000 following July's 142,000, which was reduced downward by 14,000 from the original count. August's growth was the best showing since the 255,000 added in April.
However, he also said that the current pace of job growth needs to continue at a time when various sectors, including manufacturing and agriculture, are falling. In all, services accounted for 184,000 of the total, with goods-producing industries adding 11,000. Manufacturing grew by 8,000 and construction contributed 6,000, though natural resources and mining saw a reduction of 2,000. Information services saw a loss of 6,000 jobs.
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