June NFP +222K, Unemployment 4.4%

The June jobs report is out. The U.S. economy created 222,000 net new jobs last month. Wall Street had been expecting 178,000.

The unemployment rate rose to 4.4%.

Average hourly earnings rose by 0.2%.

Here’s a look at non-farm payrolls:

The unemployment rate:

Growth in average hourly earnings:

Posted by on July 7th, 2017 at 8:42 am


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