The unemployment rate stood at 4.9 percent. The strong numbers, coming in above analysts’ expectations of 180,000 new jobs, suggested the economy's underlying momentum is continuing.
   
 
News Alert Fri., Jul. 08, 2016 8:32 a.m.
  
 
U.S. created 287,000 jobs in June, a sharp increase from weak hiring numbers in May that had cast doubt on strength of U.S. recovery
The unemployment rate stood at 4.9 percent. The strong numbers, coming in above analysts’ expectations of 180,000 new jobs, suggested the economy's underlying momentum is continuing.
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