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July Jobs Report Shows Hiring Slowed: 5 Key Takeaways
The U.S. economy added 73,000 jobs in July, which is fewer than expected, as the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%.
U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July and numbers for prior months were revised much lower
Job growth totaled 73,000 for the month, above the June total of 14,000 but below even the meager Dow Jones estimate for a ...
Employers added 73,000 jobs in July, falling short of forecasts
Employers across the U.S. added 73,000 jobs in July, a slowdown from previous months and a sign the labor market is ...
No Evidence for Trump’s Claims of ‘Rigged’ or ‘Phony’ Job Numbers
Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, ...
Official jobs numbers show it's a bad time to be looking for work—unless you're in this field
The U.S. economy added just 73,000 nonfarm jobs in July, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's below market expectations and the roughly 80,000 benchmark for ...
Steve Moore warns job creation numbers are ‘increasingly unreliable’ amid weak July report
Former Trump economic advisor Steve Moore discusses the July jobs report and President Donald Trump’s efforts to make a new ...
Here comes the July jobs report. The unemployment rate is the ‘main number you have to look at now,’ Fed’s Powell says.
The Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates until it sees how inflation and job creation respond to higher tariffs. The next ...
Trump doubles down on claim that jobs numbers are rigged
President Donald Trump continued his diatribe against the July jobs numbers on Monday in a social media post, repeating his ...
Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’
Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...