Job Data Weaker Than Expected

August 3, 2006

U.S. employers added a smaller-than-expected 113,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate jumped unexpectedly to 4.8%, Labor Department data showed on Friday, igniting hopes for an interest-rate pause by the Federal Reserve.

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