Job growth totaled 73,000 for the month, above the June total of 14,000 but below even the meager Dow Jones estimate for a gain of 100,000. June and May totals were revised sharply lower, down by a combined 258,000 from previously announced levels.

July's jobs report came with stunning revisions to data that the U.S. Department of Labor had previously reported for May and June. Why it matters: Along with static hiring in July, the numbers for the previous two months point to danger ahead for the U.

Donald Trump’s brutal July jobs report appeared to genuinely rattle the hosts at Fox Business. As Bartiromo announced that only 73,000 jobs had been created last month, disappointed hums rippled throughout the guests,

President Donald Trump has fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whom he accused of manipulating the monthly jobs reports for “political purposes.”

President Donald Trump called for the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to be dismissed, alleging there were political motivations behind the downward revisions included in the latest employment report.