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

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Trade 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 about U.S. jobs market thes...

July 1, 2025
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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.

The Author Jeffry BartashJeffry Bartash is a reporter for MarketWatch in Washington. Show Conversation (0)Back To TopCopyright © 2025 MarketWatch, Inc. All rights reserved.

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