US labor market weakened in June [View all]
Job growth slowed in June to an increase of 57,000 after three straight months of gaining more than 100,000, according to a new report released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Job gains were also revised down from 172,000 to 129,000 for May, and from 179,000 to 148,000 for April.
The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2% — the lowest since June 2025, when it was 4.1%.
The jobs increases were especially weak considering that the men’s World Cup soccer tournament likely added 40,000 jobs in June, said Elise Gould, senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, in a statement. Gould said the unemployment rate drop was “for the wrong reasons” as 720,000 people left the labor market.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/07/06/repub/us-labor-market-weakened-in-june/
So much winning
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