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Employment Report (Jun.)

Although the 206,000 gain in non-farm payrolls in June beat the consensus at 190,000, this was more broadly a disappointing report when we factor in the 111,000 downward revision to past months and the further rise in the unemployment rate to 4.1%, which puts us one step closer to triggering the Sahm rule on recessions.

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