Nonfarm payrolls likely increased at a solid pace in August, though the Delta variant could have caused the rate of hiring to slow from earlier in the summer.
Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal estimate the Labor Department on Friday will report the U.S. economy added a seasonally adjusted 720,000 jobs in August. Such a figure would be historically strong but mark a slowdown from average payroll growth of about 940,000 in June and July.
