More than 350k Jobs Added to the Economy in June
Job Gains were better than predicted despite a consensus forecast of just 250,000, the economy added 372,000 jobs in June. This growth is right in line with the gains seen over the last few months. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%. This is just above the lowest level since 1969. Average hourly earnings, an indicator of wage growth, were an impressive 5.1% higher than a year ago. Although it was down from an even larger annual rate of increase of 5.3% last month.
Job Gains Show Labor Market Strength
The JOLTS report measures job openings and labor turnover rates. The latest JOLTS...