Jobs report gets a ‘gentlemen’s C’ as growth slows

From marketwatch.com

Here are some early comments on the July U.S. employment report, which showed 164,000 jobs created in the month and unemployment holding steady at 3.7%, just above a 50-year low. Read more about the jobs report from MarketWatch. • “In general, this jobs report was fine but not spectacular. Job growth continued to slow, and is now less than three-quarters of what it was on average at this point last year. That being said, job growth is not at a level that should cause concern for jobseekers. The economy is still expanding, just at a slower pace.” — Martha Gimbel, Indeed Hiring Lab. • Joseph Brusuelas called ... (full story)