Fewer new jobs than expected in the US

This can be compared with 306,000 new jobs in May according to a downwardly revised figure.

Unemployment fell to 3.6 percent, from 3.7 percent the month before.

The average forecast among analysts was for an unemployment rate of 3.6 percent and 230,000 new jobs outside the agriculture sector, according to a compilation compiled by Bloomberg.

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