The American economy exceeds expectations to add 147,000 jobs

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The US economy added 147,000 jobs in June, where he penetrated expectations and led investors to expand their stakes on interest rate discounts.

Despite the uncertainty about Donald Trump’s policies of migration and immigration, Thursday’s number of the Labor Statistics Office exceeded 144,000 jobs that were reviewed in May and 110,000 jobs that the economists have signed by Bloomberg.

The unemployment rate decreased slightly to 4.1 percent.

It will unexpectedly reduce strong numbers from pressure on the US Federal Reserve to reduce interest rates, despite the repeated calls of the US Central Bank to do so.

The dollar has risen after the data post, as investors are betting that the Federal Reserve will reduce more prices than previously believed. The currency increased by 0.5 percent against its competitors’ basket.

Traders are now betting on a chance of approximately 5 percent to reduce borrowing costs in the United States of the Central Bank this month, compared to about 25 percent before job data.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell He said this week The July reduction was not “outside the table”, in a clear reflection in its previous position that the costs of borrowing should be kept until the fall.

The return of the Treasury Ministry for two years, which moves with interest rates and in reverse prices, increased 0.09 percent on Thursday morning to 3.87 percent.

American stock futures also rose, as the S&P 500 contracts are followed 0.2 percent over the New York Open.

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