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WSJ Minute Briefing

U.S. Economy Added 147,000 Jobs in June

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

3.6631 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: The Supreme Court will hear two cases about transgender girls in school sports. French air-traffic controllers began a two-day strike over working conditions. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your midday brief for Thursday, July 3rd. I'm Mariana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal.

0:40.1

U.S. job growth continued at a steady pace last month. The Labor Department said today that

0:45.0

U.S. businesses added 147,000 jobs in June. This surpassed economist expectations, who had predicted

0:52.1

a slowdown in hiring amid uncertainty over trade and

0:55.1

fiscal policy. Job gains were driven by health care and state and local governments. The

1:00.1

unemployment rate, which is based on a separate survey of U.S. households, fell slightly from

1:04.7

4.2% to 4.1%. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider the constitutionality of state laws

1:11.6

banning transgender women and girls from participating on female school sports teams.

1:17.0

It will hear two cases brought by transgender student athletes and others against West Virginia

1:22.0

and Idaho policies, blocking transgender girls whose sex at birth was male from competing in women's and girls' track teams.

1:30.2

And thousands of airline passengers were grounded today due to a two-day walkout from French air traffic controllers.

1:36.0

Flights crossing France's airspace faced delays and rerouting.

1:39.6

This affected routes to Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Morocco.

1:44.0

The strike pertains to working conditions

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