The economy created a seemingly healthy 147,000 new jobs in June and the unemployment rate fell to a four-month low. Great new, right? Not quite.

The BLS' monthly jobs report showed a slight uptick over May's 139,000 increase. The estimate for the July report was 110,000 nonfarm jobs added.

The dollar, Treasury yields and oil prices were little changed with the employment report in focus and recent data suggesting the Fed shouldn’t rush to cut rates.

U.S. stocks are drifting on Wednesday, as Wall Street’s record-breaking rally slows ahead of a highly anticipated report coming Thursday about the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 was edging down by 0.1% in early trading,

Stocks mostly rose Thursday and the dollar fell as investors eye US jobs data that could play a key role in the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy, while investors gave