US job market sees 147,000 new jobs in June
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Economists say June’s modest job gains point to a stagnant, low-hire labor market where people are continuing to have a hard time finding new jobs.
Employers added fewer jobs in June than a month earlier but the unemployment rate ticked down, a decent showing for the U.S. economy.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect government data to show the economy added 115,000 jobs in June, with the unemployment rate remaining flat at 4.3% for the fourth consecutive month.
Anthropic’s head of economics Peter McCrory discusses what the company’s latest research can tell us about AI’s effects on the broader job market.
The labor market added 139,000 jobs and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.2% in May 2025, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those top line numbers indicate a resilient labor market. Hiring seems to continue apace, even ...
Job openings ticked up to a two-year high in May, while consumer confidence about job finding sunk to its lowest since 2021, according to a pair of separate reports.
According to CME Group’s FedWatch tool, which estimates the probability of changes to the Fed’s overnight benchmark lending rate, the federal funds rate, based on 30-day federal funds futures, there is now a much higher likelihood of a rate hike than a cut.
