US adds 162,000 jobs; Hon Hai +52%: the night prices and packaging moved together — plus 8 more | BPJ News Evening Edition
Rate re-acceleration bets and an AI-server boom are pushing up both the cost of money and the amount of “stuff” moving through the supply chain.
The US jobs report came in strong, and rate expectations shifted. AI-server demand is now being corroborated by both earnings and monthly figures—quietly fattening the workload in packaging, labels, and in-box materials.
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the August 2026 employment report: nonfarm payrolls were +162,000 and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1% (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 4, 2026). On the corporate side, figures are lining up—Hon Hai (Foxconn) reported monthly revenue up +52.11% year-on-year, and HPE posted Cloud & AI revenue of $9.0 billion (up +25.4% year-on-year)—suggesting AI investment is spreading outward into the supply chain …
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