U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, beating expectations
U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, beating expectations. The news could give the Federal Reserve more leeway to raise interest rates later this month…

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U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, beating expectations. The news could give the Federal Reserve more leeway to raise interest rates later this month…
Forecasters had expected gains of about 65,000 new jobs in August.
The GDP print will allow the Reserve Bank of Australia room to go ahead with its policy tightening as it seeks to curb inflation.

These companies reporting next week have a track record of beating analysts' expectations and seeing shares rise after posting results.

The growth figure was higher than the 5.5% expected, but lower than the revised 6.3% in the first quarter.

The figure beat projections of 0.4% from Reuters-polled economists, and against the 0.3% in the last quarter.

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The advance figure was also up from the 4.2% growth in the quarter before, and pushed the country's full year GDP to 4.8%

The advance figure was higher than the 3.5% forecasted by economists polled by Reuters.
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