23,000 Jobs Lost, but the Number Washington Hates Is 53,000
23,000 Jobs Lost, but the Number Washington Hates Is 53,000 David Manney | 6:34 PM on August 07, 2026 AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File President Donald Trump got handed an ugly jobs headline Friday. The economy lost 23,000 payroll jobs in July, and revisions erased another 103,000 jobs from May and June. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Both nonfarm payroll employment (-23,000) and the unemployment rate (4.1 percent) changed little in July, the U.S.
- ▪23,000 Jobs Lost, but the Number Washington Hates Is 53,000 David Manney | 6:34 PM on August 07, 2026 AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File President Donald Trump got handed an ugly jobs headline Friday.
- ▪The economy lost 23,000 payroll jobs in July, and revisions erased another 103,000 jobs from May and June.
- ▪Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Both nonfarm payroll employment (-23,000) and the unemployment rate (4.1 percent) chan
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| Publication time | Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:34:00 -0400 |
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23,000 Jobs Lost, but the Number Washington Hates Is 53,000 David Manney | 6:34 PM on August 07, 2026 AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File President Donald Trump got handed an ugly jobs headline Friday. The economy lost 23,000 payroll jobs in July, and revisions erased another 103,000 jobs from May and June. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Both nonfarm payroll employment (-23,000) and the unemployment rate (4.1 percent) changed little in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment declined in local government education and retail trade. Employment continued to trend up in health care. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys.
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