Strong jobs data raises the odds of a September hike After months of a cooling labour market, US job growth accelerated sharply in August, catching markets off guard. Nonfarm payrolls surged by 162,000, nearly three times the 56,000 economists had forecast, with an additional 55,000 in upward revisions to June and July.

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