June jobs report could decide the next Fed interest-rate cut. Here’s why.

Advanced ➔ Results Economic ReportJune jobs report could decide the next Fed interest-rate cut

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

The Author Jeffry BartashJeffry Bartash is a reporter for MarketWatch in Washington

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