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US Hiring Slows Sharply, Curbing Recent Job-Market Momentum

Bloomberg Markets · Jul 2, 2026, 12:32 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

US hiring slowed sharply in June even as the unemployment rate fell, curbing some of the budding momentum in job growth this year.

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