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U.S. June Nonfarm Payrolls Decline 62k, Unemployment Rate Remains at 5.5%
U.S. nonfarm payrolls declined for the sixth straight
month, falling in line with expectations by a total of 62k jobs in June,
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday. May’s jobs
figure was revised to a loss of 62k jobs from an initially reported loss
of 49k jobs.
The unemployment rate remained at 5.5% following the half-percentage
point surge in the rate last month.
The Day Ahead: Cdn Retail Sales; U.S. Senator McCain in Ottawa
At 10:00 a.m. EDT, U.S. mass layoffs data for the month of May will be
released from the U.S. Bureau of Labour of Statistics. There were 133,914
mass layoffs in April.
In the early afternoon, markets will be attentive to comments from
U.S. presidential candidate John McCain speaking in Ottawa on free trade
at the Economic Club of Toronto…