Labour market growth slowed a little more than expected in August, amid some disruption to the services recovery from the Delta strain.  But there were still +235k jobs added (mkt +750k) and we saw upward revisions to prior months, so the net impact was still positive, leading to a further decline in the unemployment rate to 5.2% from 5.4% and the U6 rate dropped down to 8.8% from 9.2%.  The participation unchanged at 61.7%.  Govt payrolls shrank a little after recent strong gains (-8k) but manufacturing continued to grow (+37k).  Weekly hours were 34.7 from a downward pay revised 34.7, which by itself remains elevated from its pre-pandemic range.