Hiring Is Up – Job Growth Is Strong per Bureau of Labor Statistics

Here are a few highlights:

BLS says hiring is much stronger this quarter than predicted by economists = up 75k jobs for this quarter.
June 2016 was strong, with nearly 300,000 new jobs added.
Professional and business services saw the greatest job growth; the industry as a whole has added more than half a million jobs over the last year.
Health care, financial activities, leisure and hospitality also saw growth, as did government employment.

The full report is here: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

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