A closely watched report released by the Labor Department on Friday showed U.S. job growth exceeded economist estimates in the month of June.
The Labor Department said non-farm payroll employment jumped by 372,000 jobs in June after surging by a revised 384,000 jobs in May.
Economists had expected employment to increase by 268,000 jobs compared to the addition of 390,000 jobs originally reported for the previous month.
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