{"id":194564,"date":"2023-08-07T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=194564"},"modified":"2023-08-07T11:00:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T15:00:22","slug":"us-added-187k-jobs-in-july-as-hiring-cools-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/us-added-187k-jobs-in-july-as-hiring-cools-down\/","title":{"rendered":"US Added 187k Jobs in July as Hiring Cools Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Jobs growth and unemployment rate came weaker than expected in July, at 187,000 and 3.5%, respectively.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/empsit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Labor Department reported<\/a>&nbsp;Nonfarm payrolls grew by 187,000 in July, falling short of the market estimates of 200,000. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate also came in lower than anticipated, at 3.5%, while economists projected 3.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-unemployment-rate-was-3-5-in-july-lower-than-expected\">Unemployment Rate Was 3.5% in July, Lower than Expected<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The US economy added 187,000 jobs in July, significantly less than the Dow Jones estimate of 200,000, according to the latest nonfarm payrolls report by the Labor Department. However, even though the figures came lower than expected, the print represented a slight gain from June\u2019s revised job additions of 185,000.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, the report showed that the unemployment rate stood at 3.5% last month, compared to the consensus estimates of 3.6%. The July rate was just above the lowest level since 1969.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Average hourly earnings increased by 0.4% in July, beating the estimated 0.3%. On an annual basis, earnings rose by 4.4%, also above expectations of 4.2%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The labor force participation rate, another closely monitored metric, stood at 62.6% for the fifth month. Meanwhile, a broader unemployment rate considering discouraged workers and those working part-time jobs slipped to 6.7%, down 0.2% month-on-month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stock market welcomed the new jobs report, with the S&amp;P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rising 0.6% and 0.4% at the market open, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">US Soft Landing More Likely as Economic Growth Slows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The July nonfarm payrolls print marks only the second straight month where US jobs grew less than 200,000.&nbsp;The initial June report showed that the US economy added 209,000 jobs that month, but the figures were later revised to 185,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Federal Reserve has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tokenist.com\/chances-of-a-25-bps-hike-at-98-9-as-fomc-decision-due-today\/\">hiking interest rates<\/a>&nbsp;aggressively since March 2022 to rein in record-high inflation and slow the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bea.gov\/news\/2023\/gross-domestic-product-second-quarter-2023-advance-estimate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US economy\u2019s growth rate<\/a>. However, the country\u2019s labor market remained red hot until&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tokenist.com\/us-added-209000-jobs-in-june-lowest-since-december-2020\/\">signs of cooling finally appeared last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past several months, Robust job reports raised concerns that the Fed could adopt an ultra-aggressive approach and potentially lift interest rates so high that it could cause a recession. However, the slowing economic growth will be welcomed by the US policymakers and make the task of the so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/tokenist.com\/is-the-fed-close-to-achieving-a-soft-landing-for-the-us\/\">soft landing<\/a>\u201d easier to pull off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A soft landing is an economic scenario where a nation\u2019s economy makes a smooth shift from a period of rapid expansion to a more sustainable level of growth, thereby avoiding recession risks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally Posted August 4, 2023 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tokenist.com\/us-added-187k-jobs-in-july-as-hiring-cools-down\/\">US Added 187k Jobs in July as Hiring Cools Down<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Disclosure:<\/strong>&nbsp;Tim Fries has no positions in any of the stocks mentioned, and has no plans to initiate any positions within the 72 hours following the publishing of this article. This article expresses the opinions of Tim Fries. Tokenist Media LLC has no position in any of the stocks mentioned, and does not plan to initiate any positions within 72 hours of the publishing of this article. 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