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The July jobs report unexpectedly missed expectations, with a loss of 23,000 jobs.
Yahoo Finance· 2026-08-07 13:18
a drop of 23,000 jobs in the month of July. And average hourly earnings ticking up less than estimated, only by a tenth of 1%. Average hourly earnings on a year-over-year basis up 3.2%.And the labor force participation rate going down, not up to 61.4%. The unemployment rate coming in also ticking down, perhaps because we've got that decrease in labor force participation, 4.1%. That is a tenth of a percent better than estimated and a tenth of a percent lower than the prior. ...
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 July jobs report misses expectations.
Yahoo Finance· 2026-08-07 12:50
of 23,000 a drop of 23,000 jobs in the month of July. And not only that, the prior month, the month of June, being revised lower to 20,000 from 57,000. So that two-month payroll net revision down by 103,000.Uh manufacturing payroll is actually growing more than expected by 5,000 versus the 4,000 that was expected and uh actually being revised higher in June to 11,000 from 3,000. So strong manufacturing picture, not strong um ex manufacturing. Average hourly earnings ticking up less than estimated only by a ...
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Bloomberg· 2026-08-07 12:31
RT Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion)@foxjust "The labor force participation rate among prime age workers is going down, that's just bad," @keds_economist says. "There's no great way to spin it."WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/2iStO8d1L6 ...