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Posts Tagged: “long-term unemployment“

August 6, 2025 Original Analysis

Jobs Stall: July Payroll Gain Just 73K

The summer labor market is losing momentum. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said Friday that non-farm payrolls grew by only 73,000 in July, barely budging overall employment since April and capping two straight months of sharp downward revisions. The headline unemployment rate stayed at 4.2 percent—on paper a healthy figure—yet a closer look shows […]