African American unemployment inches upward despite drop in overall unemployment rate to 7.3%

Manufacturers added 14,000, the first gain after five months of declines. Construction jobs were unchanged in August.

Auto manufacturers boosted hiring in August. Some of the jobs were workers who were rehired last month after being temporarily laid off in July, when factories switched to new models. Americans are buying more cars than at any time since the recession began in December 2007. And U.S. factories expanded in August at their fastest pace in more than two years.

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