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2. U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July and numbers for prior months were revised much lower

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:52 AM

Aug 1

July: +73,000 jobs
May and June were revised lower by a combined 258,000 jobs
So, we have 185,000 fewer jobs than were reported a month ago (in the July 3 report)

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