And Joe Biden, Trump's Democratic rival in November, warned the economy is still in trouble because of the coronavirus pandemic. The United States has now recovered roughly one-third of the 22 million jobs it lost to the pandemic recession. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 4.8 million jobs in June, the Labor Department's closely watched monthly employment showed on Thursday. The re-closings are keeping layoffs elevated: The number of Americans who sought unemployment benefits barely fell last week to 1.47 million. Last week's plateau in work shifts will instead affect the July jobs figures, to be released in early August.

Source: Daily Mail July 02, 2020 12:41 UTC