Jobs Numbers Bring a Sigh of Relief: +147K

Thursday, July 3, 2025This morning, the final print of this latest Jobs Week has hit the tape: the Employment Situation report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for the month of June. Market participants can breathe a sigh of relief, as the headline number has come in at +147K — above the consensus estimate of +110K and the upwardly revised +144K for May. The Unemployment Rate fell to 4.1%, where we were back in February — an historically healthy number for the labor market.Particularly after t ...