US Job Growth Slows To A Crawl As Unemployment Rises
1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026
The U.S. added 114,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July as the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Friday. Economists anticipated that the country would add…
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