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Job market weakens as U.S. adds only 73,000 jobs in July
NBC Newsยท2025-08-01 13:30

We are back with some breaking economic data. The US economy added 73,000 jobs in July. That was less than expected.The unemployment rate came in at 4.2%. Investipedia's editor-inchief Caleb Silver here to talk more about the numbers and what they mean to you. So, just walk us through what we're seeing and and what they say about our economy right now.Yeah, well, that was less than expected. We're expecting around 100,000 jobs given the past few months. We've had really strong job growth, we thought, but we ...