Mumbai, Sept. 4 -- The US nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in food services and drinking places and in local government education. The information industry lost jobs. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent in August, and the number of unemployed people changed little at 7.0 million. Both measures changed little over the year. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) changed little at 1.9 million in August. The long-term unemployed accounted for 27.0 percent of all unemployed people.
The labor force participation rate edged up to 61.6 percent in Au...