U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July
NBC News·2026-08-07 13:51
This morning we are learning that the US economy lost 23,000 jobs in July. The unemployment rate also dropped to 4.1%. And if you think over the last year, you've got average job creation of about 34,000.So this is a reversal of what has already been a pretty lukewarm performance overall on average. And then you look at revisions here. um you know this the data scientists went back and they scrubbed these numbers and they actually revised down another 103,000.So that shows you a job market that's um it's mo ...