While it’s hard to get too upset about the level of unemployment, a 0.3 pp jump in a single month is disconcerting. However, on closer look, the story may not be that bad. The jump in unemployment was due to a big jump in people in the labor force, not a spike in layoffs.
https://truthout.org/articles/unemployment-ticked-up-to-3-8-percent-in-august-but-not-because-of-layoffs/