US adds 73,000 jobs in July amid economic pressure from Trump’s trade war | US unemployment and employment data

The US economy added 73,000 jobs much lower than expected in July in the midst of concerns about Donald Trump’s increasing trade war.

Participating in the survey by Bloomberg predicted that the July job report would decrease in approximately 109,000 additional jobs. The unemployment rate rose from 4.1% to 4.2% in June.

The Working Office also reduced the number of jobs added in recent months. The business figure of May fell from 125,000 to 19,000 from 144,000 to 19,000 and decreased from 147,000 to 14,000 133,000 – 258,000 less work than previously reported.

ADP National Employment Report published on July 30 remarkable Private sector employment increased by 104,000 jobs which were fueled by gains in service industries in July 2025.

Dean Baker, the co -director of the Center for Economic and Politics Research, said, “The labor market has no significant collapse in weekly unemployment claims, but we see symptoms of a weakening labor market. post Before the publication of the July Jobs report.

The job report comes in a week full of economic news. On Wednesday, the Economic Analysis Bureau, Gross Domestic Production, which is a wide measure of the economic health of the USA, GROWED IN 3 % In the last three months, a decrease of 0.5% in the first quarter.

The first quarter of autumn and the second quarter return was directed by Trump’s tariff policies as importing enterprises before taxes at the beginning of the year, which reduced growth at the beginning of the year and reduced imports – increasing growth.

Together, the US economy grew by 1.2% in the first six months of the year, decreasing an average of 2.5% in 2024.

Again on Wednesday, he announced that it would not reduce federal reserve interest rates. The FED is under intensive pressure on lowering rates from Trump, but the FED President Jerome Powell said the Central Bank is still waiting to see that Trump’s tariffs will have effects on prices.

“Higher tariffs have begun to be shown more clearly to the prices of some goods, but its general effects on economic activity and inflation continue to be seen, P said Powell.