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US job growth slows sharply in July; unemployment rate rises to 4.2%

U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July while the prior month's data was revised sharply lower, pointing to a sharp ...

July Jobs Report: Labor Market Momentum Unravels As Revisions Reveal A Weaker Q2

The July jobs report reveals a sharp hiring deceleration with major downward revisions to previous months. Click here to read ...

Jobs Report: Here’s How Unemployment Has Trended in Recent Years

Today's jobs report is expected to show the unemployment rate inched higher in July to 4.2%, from 4.1% in June. Ahead of the ...

Slow US job gains expected in July; unemployment rate forecast rising to 4.2%

U.S. job growth likely slowed in July, with the unemployment rate forecast rising back to 4.2%, but that probably would be insufficient to spur the Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates ...

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 ...

Black unemployment under Trump reaches its highest rate since the pandemic. Here’s what it could mean

"Black workers are often last hired, first fired," said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation.

U.S. adds 73,000 jobs in July, falling short of forecasts

The U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July -- falling far short of expectations and resulting in markets tumbling, shaken by ...