Just 73,000 jobs were created last month, on a seasonally adjusted basis. + Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast that about 100,000 roles were added. Large [revisions for previous

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the data will decide whether the central bank can cut rates in September. So all eyes are on the key July jobs report Friday, as the U.S. added only 73,000 jobs for the month and the unemployment rate rose to 4.