DALLAS — Everywhere you look these days, there are warning signs about the economy.
Only 22,000 jobs were added to the economy in August, while the unemployment rate jumped to 4.3%, a nearly four-year high.
The manufacturing industry also lost steam, shedding 12,000 jobs in August.
And the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says there were 911,000 fewer jobs added to the economy between March 2024 and March 2025 than was previously reported, said to be the largest revision ever recorded.
So, we asked the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Small Business if he was worried about a weakening economy.
“There’s always some concern with small business because they’re risk takers and they don’t have a lot of capital and access to capital is an issue,” Congressman Roger Williams (R-25th D