The U.S. economy added 147,000 jobs in June 2025, surpassing economists' expectations of 111,000 jobs. This marks the fourth consecutive month of job growth exceeding forecasts. The unemployment rate declined to 4.1% from 4.2% in May, below the anticipated 4.3%, reaching a historically low level. Additionally, the May jobs figure was revised upward from 139,000 to 144,000. Despite ongoing uncertainty surrounding President Donald Trump's economic policies, the American labor market demonstrated resilience and continued growth according to the Labor Department's latest report.
July's jobs report showed that the US labor market added fewer jobs than expected (73K vs 104K expected). Revisions to prior months revealed significantly less jobs had been added in recent months than initially thought. https://t.co/X9PBfHwLWk
Breaking news: The US economy added 73,000 jobs in July, while previous months were revised sharply downwards, fuelling concerns of a cool-down in the American labour market. https://t.co/4fCOrhLBO6 https://t.co/jYPK7tSZkM
Big jobs miss. 73K jobs added in July vs. expectations of 115K. And huge downward revisions. 258K fewer jobs added in May and June than first reported. Unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%, meeting forecasts. YOY wage growth at 3.9%, higher than estimates. https://t.co/y5DpaESGEN