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Here's your complete preview of this week's big economic events
On Friday, we learned that US companies added 223,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.3%, its lowest level since April 2008. Disappointingly, there was no month-over-month wage growth. While some of the numbers didn't blow out economists' expectations, the overall trend continues to reflect that of an improving labor market in an improving economy. And this is critical in the context of monetary policy most economists expect the Federal Reserve to begin lifting interest rates later this year. "At the end of the day, it's all about jobs and the monthly numbers are still printing 200K. The Fed says ... (full story)