The Labor Department released the monthly nonfarm payroll data into a void with markets closed for the long holiday weekend. Only a disappointing 120k new jobs were created versus most expectations for a gain of about 200k. The headline unemployment rate did drop by 0.1% to 8.2% not a consequence of new job gains, but rather it was more a measure of those dropping out of the job markets.
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