US added far fewer jobs than expected in July

The US economy added 114,000 jobs in July, far less than the Bloomberg consensus estimate of 175,000. The unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.3% compared to the June rate of 4.1%. Average hourly earnings rose 0.2% from June and 3.6% from a year ago, both of which were less than expected.

Morning Brief anchors Seana Smith and Brad Smith report the breaking data in the video above.

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This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich.

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