Friday, August 7, 2015

US employment situation

The non-farm payroll report indicated that 215 thousand jobs were created in July, compared to 231 thousand in June. The unemployment rate remained steady at 5.3%. Average hourly earnings saw a growth of 0.2%. This was static in June.

Bloomberg has a write up on the employment change while the official report can be found here.

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