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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Job Growth Strong in July

U.S. job growth picked up last month as employers added 207,000 workers to their payrolls, a healthy gain that outstripped Wall Street expectations, a government report showed on Friday.

The unemployment rate held steady at the 3-3/4-year low of 5% reached in June, the Labor Department said.

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