Economy Adds 215,000 Jobs in July

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Updated Apr. 14, 2017 10:12AM EDT / Published Aug. 07, 2015 8:51AM EDT

The Department of Labor reported Friday that the U.S. added 215,000 jobs in the month of July. The national unemployment rate remained flat at 5.3 percent. The jobs report comes at a time when the Federal Reserve is considering whether the U.S. economy can withstand an increase in interest rates, which have not been raised since June 2006. Wall Street has been speculating that a rate hike could come as soon as September.

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Economy Adds 215,000 Jobs in July