Hello and welcome to AS USA's live blog covering financial news The US economy  added 209,000 jobs in June , missing Wall Street estimates and reflecting  a slowdown from the previous month , according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists had expected that 225,000 non-farm payroll jobs were added in June. Friday's report marks  the first time in 15 months that non-farm payrolls have come in  lower than Wall Street expected . The June unemployment rate was 3.6%,  down from 3.7% in May .

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