The US economy added 147,000 jobs in June. That was more than expected. The unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.1%.Average hourly earnings still a little light. That's your paycheck. The paycheck growing 3.7% over the past year.So if you have a job, you're being compensated for it. So the headlines here are all pretty sturdy. Private sector was not what was really driving things.It was state government jobs driving this job growth. So seeing the weakest private sector job growth since last October. ...

Uh Rick Santelli is at the CME in Chicago. I don't know what you think about July possibly being a live meeting based on these numbers, but sub 50 um in terms of additions seems to be the uh the number that could make it live in the markets. Anything's possible.We'll know shortly. Obviously, this is the big June job job jobs report. I wouldn't look for this to make an easy more likely 147,000 jobs.Definitely bit better than expected. No matter what your range was, whether it was closer to 100 or 115,000, it ...

RT Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion)BREAKING: Jobs Day Data 📊*US JUNE AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS RISE 0.2% M/M; EST. +0.3%*US JUNE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.1%; EST. 4.3%https://t.co/YQY6XVjGCR ...