The latest U.S. jobs report Friday showed 139,000 jobs created in May. It was a bit higher than economists expected amid a labor market cool-off as layoffs increase, hiring slows and tariffs bite into the economy.

Economists expect that when the Bureau ofLabor Statistics reports the May nonfarm payrolls numbers, they will show a gain of just 125,000.

Gli analisti attendevano un aumento di 125.000 posti

The latest U.S. jobs report Friday showed 139,000 jobs created in May. It was a bit higher than economists expected amid a labor market cool-off as layoffs increase, hiring slows…

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase 125,000 in May while the unemployment rate stayed at 4.2%.

The biggest gains were in healthcare, which added 62,000 jobs, while the economy lost 22,000 federal government jobs.