Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
The Labor Department is set to offer an update on the U.S.
Job market later this morning.
NPR's Scott Horsley reports forecasters expect a modest improvement from the previous month.
Today's report is expected to show that employers added anywhere from 25,000 to 125,000 jobs in August.
Any job growth would be a step up from the July report, which showed that employers cut about 23,000 jobs that month.
The July figure included a big drop in public school jobs, which may have been skewed by summer vacation.
The Labor Department tries to account for that, but its seasonal adjustments are not always foolproof.
We'll also get an update on the unemployment rate, which has been hovering at just over 4%.
That's low, in part, because the number of people actively looking for work is growing slowly or not at all.
Thousands of baby boomers are retiring every day and immigration has been largely shut off.
Scott Horsley, Empire News, Washington.
The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions
on mail-in ballots to take effect before the November midterm elections.
NPR's Hansi Loong reports the appeal comes after a federal judge in Boston
temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order.
Now the administration is back to ask the Supreme
Court to weigh in on the legality of the Postal Service's plan to follow that order.
And I should note, USPS is a financial support of NPR.
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