Live updates: August's strong jobs numbers put rate cut in doubt; Trump signs beef deal

The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs last month, a stronger-than-expected showing. And now President Trump wants to see interest rates dropped, threatening to cut off trade with several countries if the Federal Reserve doesn’t budge at its September meeting. “Without the United States agreeing to allow them their big surpluses, and we could stop that…

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