{"id":49,"date":"2026-09-05T04:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T04:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2026-09-05T04:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T04:26:38","slug":"great-jobs-number-still-cant-afford-the-drive-to-work-162000-hires-wont-out-shout-record-fuel-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"GREAT JOBS NUMBER, STILL CAN\u2019T AFFORD THE DRIVE TO WORK | 162,000 hires won\u2019t out-shout record fuel costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The economy can add 162,000 jobs and still leave the drive to work as the months biggest bill. The August jobs report\u2019s headline strength meets a household reality: record fuel costs turn every commute into a pay cut, while the Federal Reserve\u2019s rate fight has yet to make the pump feel affordable. A good number is not the same as a good morning. Source: Los Angeles Times August jobs coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economy can add 162,000 jobs and still leave the drive to work as the months biggest bill. The August jobs report\u2019s headline strength meets a household reality: record fuel costs turn every commute into a pay cut, while the Federal Reserve\u2019s rate fight has yet to make the pump feel affordable. A good number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetheolowgen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}