U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic policies .

The Labor Department said Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 jobs in July. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, the Labor Department reported Friday.

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When the department put out a disappointing jobs report a month ago, an enraged Trump responded by firing the economist in charge of compiling the numbers and nominating a loyalist to replace her.

Talking to reporters Thursday night at a dinner with wealthy tech executives , Trump had seemed to shrug off whatever hiring numbers would come out Friday.

“The real numbers that I’m talking about are

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