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The Gender Gap in August Payrolls
August payrolls added 162,000 jobs, beating expectations and keeping the unemployment rate flat at 4.1 percent. But look closer at the composition: women accounted for almost all of the net gains while men’s employment stalled or dipped slightly. Lucas and Luna unpack why this divergence matters for the Federal Reserve’s September decision, how it skews wage growth data, and what it signals about the underlying health of the labor market heading into Q3 2026.
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