The US economy added 187,000 jobs in July, a lower total than economists expected
Employers added just 187,000 jobs in July, slightly above the monthly average seen in the decade before the pandemic, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists were expecting a net gain of 200,000 jobs last month. June’s job growth was revised down to 185,000 jobs from 209,000.
July’s headline number and the downward revisions to the monthly job total for May and June , are further indications that the nation’s labor market is gradually cooling off. Moreover, it further fuels the notion that the Federal Reserve can achieve a “soft landing” of reining in inflation without massive layoffs. The July unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5%, from 3.6%.
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