On the face of it, the June jobs report presents a robust picture of the US economy, with a historically low unemployment rate, a healthy number of jobs added and wage growth ... its highest rate ...

So far this year, American employers have added an average 144,000 jobs a month. That is down from 168,000 last year, 216,000 in 2023, 380,000 in 2022 and a record 603,000 in 2021 in the rebound ...

US employers added 139,000 jobs last month, above expectations of 125,000, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, even as some economists had cautioned that ...