All eyes on today's jobs data and whether the numbers will show a slowing economy.
Plus,
the journal exclusively reports the US is ready to start renegotiating its largest free trade deal.
And tech CEOs praise Trump even as the president threatens substantial tariffs on chip imports.
Your administration is investing a lot.
Already the AI action plan and your leadership, I think is a great start.
And we look forward to working together.
And thanks for your leadership.
Great job, you're doing incredible, really.
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I'm Azhar Sukri for the Wall Street Journal.
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It's Jobs Day USA, and this month there's more riding on the number than ever before,
with the last release prompting the unprecedented dismissal of the head of labor statistics following several downward revisions to US non-farm payrolls.
Economics reporter Justin Layhart says today's data is expected to show a further weakening of the labour market.
Economists the Wall Street Journal pulled expect 75,000 new jobs were added in August,
just marginally above the 73,000 that were created in July.
And they also expect the unemployment rate to nudge up to 4.3%.
So it's really this picture of gradual weakness.