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Here's your midday brief for Friday, August 1st. I'm Zoe Colkin for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. job growth slowed in July, adding 73,000 jobs, below economist's expectations.

It's a signal that pockets of weakness that had been marring the labor market are starting to take

hold. The Labor Department also said that the unemployment rate rose to 4.2% from 4.1%.

There was also an increase in the ranks of the long-term unemployed, which could be a reflection of

an environment where layoffs have been low, but companies have been reluctant to hire.

Businesses across the globe are still trying to understand the barriers they will face as exporters to the U.S.

Following President Trump's announcement to raise tariffs on several countries starting August 7th.

According to the deputy head of the International Chamber of Commerce, Andrew Wilson,

many of the affected countries have decided to pause big decisions on investment in hiring.

But Wilson said it is likely

too early to draw any firm conclusions about the impact of tariff rises on the global economy.

And ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods said his company is interested in buying other oil companies

after losing its challenge to Chevron's $53 billion deal for Hess.

Both Exxon Mobile and Chevron reported sharp declines in their second quarter earnings today.

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