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U.S. employers added 18,000 workers in June, the fewest in nine months, and the unemployment rate unexpectedly climbed, indicating a struggling labor market.(from bloomberg.com)The increase in payrolls followed a 25,000 gain that was less than half the rise initially estimated, Labor Department data showed today in Washington. The median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey called for a June gain of 105,000.
The unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent, the highest level this year. Hiring by companies, which excludes government agencies, was the weakest since May 2010.
The jobless rate rose even as the participation rate declined to 64.1 percent, the lowest since March 1984. The household survey showed a 445,000 decrease in employment and a 173,000 increase in unemployment.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22 (1932)
Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union (1960)
Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized (1982)
President Barack Obama visits Smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, MO, which accepted $32 million in Stimulus funds to build all-electric trucks (2010)
b: Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908); d: Ernő Gerő (1898), Havelock Ellis (1939)