June NFP = +224,000

We got a strong jobs report this morning. The U.S. economy created 224,000 net new jobs last month. That was a lot more than expectations. The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%.

In the past year, average hourly earnings are up 3.1%. The broader U6 unemployment rate is 7.2%.

Posted by on July 5th, 2019 at 8:55 am


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