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June nonfarm payrolls rose 57,000, below the 115,000 economist forecast cited by MarketWatch, while the unemployment rate eased to 4.2%. BLS also revised April and May payrolls down by a combined 74,000.

U.S. private payrolls rose by 98,000 in June, below the 110,000 Wall Street Journal consensus cited in market coverage and down from 122,000 in May. The miss puts Friday's official payrolls release and Fed rate-risk pricing back at the center of cross-asset trading.

May nonfarm payrolls rose 172,000, more than double the 80,000 Dow Jones consensus, while unemployment held at 4.3%. CNBC, citing the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, said Treasury yields moved sharply higher as the labor surprise reduced near-term Fed-cut odds.

Skillsearch surveyed 1,000 games professionals from Nov. 12, 2025 to Feb. 24, 2026; 44% considered leaving the industry because of redundancies and 22% were laid off in the past 12 months.