U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

The U.S. labor market contracted on Friday, shedding twenty-three thousand jobs when economists had expected gains. Hacker News reports the miss against the consensus forecast of eighty-three thousand new jobs represents a significant stumble in employment.

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