Advanced ➔ Results Economic ReportJune jobs report could decide the next Fed interest-rate cut. Here’s why.
June’s jobs numbers will arrive a day early due to the Fourth of July holidayPublished: July 1, 2025 at 1:16 p. ETResizeListen(5 min)A maintenance employee works in a “robotic” warehouse run by Amazon.
Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesTrade wars causing a hiring freeze. Artificial intelligence taking human jobs away. An immigration crackdown shrinking the pool of available workers.
There’s a lot to worry in the U. Labor market these days.
A collapse in hiring in June or a sharp rise in the unemployment rate could even force a reluctant Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at the end of the month.
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