The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its jobs report for June which showed U.S. employers added 147,000 jobs last month as the labor market weathered economic uncertainty.

The unemployment rate fell from 4.2% to 4.1%, the Labor Department said Friday. Ahead of the report, economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated 110,000 jobs were added in June.

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Of the 147,000 jobs created in June, 73,000 – half – came in the government sector. Another 39,000 came in health care and 19,000 came in social assistance.

Ahead of the report, economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated 110,000 jobs were added in June. "Many companies remain in a holding pattern and are hesitant to hire new workers amid heightened ...

The June jobs report from the BLS was very positive at face value. The U.S. added jobs, revised up the past two months, and even lowered the unemployment rate by 0.1%.

On the face of it, the June jobs report presents a robust picture of the US economy, with a historically low unemployment rate, a healthy number of jobs added and wage growth that outpaces ...

July 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. economy added seasonally adjusted 147,000 jobs in June despite lower predictions, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday. The BLS' monthly jobs report showed a ...

Employers added 147,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 percent, suggesting that tariffs, interest rates and other headwinds are not yet causing employers to pull back ...

Today's jobs report defies, "at least for now, the signs of weakness seen in some leading indicators," says Simon Dangoor, head of Fixed Income Macro strategies at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

The U.S. added 147,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 percent in June, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department. The federal jobs report showed the labor marke… ...