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The U.S. economy added a greater than expected number of payrolls in June from May, as regions across the country eased social distancing restrictions and allowed more businesses to reopen. The net additions in payrolls topped consensus expectations.

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell from May鈥檚 level but held at a historically high level, as millions of Americans remained out of work with the pandemic still under way.

Here were the main metrics from the Department of Labor鈥檚 report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:

• Change in non-farm payrolls: +4.8 million vs. +3.23 million expected
• Unemployment rate: 11.1% vs. 12.5% expected
• Average hourly earnings, month on month: -1.2%vs. -0.8% expected
• Average hourly earnings, year on year: +5.0% vs. +5.3% expected

The June jobs report came following a massive upside surprise in May, during which the economy unexpectedly added payrolls, when a loss of more than 7 million jobs had been expected. May鈥檚 payrolls were upwardly revised by 190,000 to 2.699 million, while April鈥檚 payroll losses were revised down by 100,000 to 20.8 million.

Estimates for the June payrolls gain also spanned a wide range, though none of the more than 70 economists polled by Bloomberg expected to see net job losses for June.

鈥淲e are in a whole new world of trying to model what data is going to be, because there鈥檚 not an economist in the world that鈥檚 ever gone through a forced economic shutdown,鈥� Tom Essaye, Sevens Report Research founder, told Yahoo Finance鈥檚 The First Trade on Tuesday. 鈥淎nd that鈥檚 why a lot of these numbers are completely blowing past what the expectation is.鈥�

Other data had underscored the labor market鈥檚 steady improvement over the past two months. New jobless claims fell in each week since early April, and continuing unemployment claims began trending lower. Employment indices in each of the Institute for Supply Management鈥檚 and improved in the latest reports.

Still, ADP鈥檚 monthly jobs report Wednesday missed estimates, and showed net private payroll gains from May鈥檚 upwardly revised gain of more than 3 million.

The Department of Labor鈥檚 June jobs report was released on a Thursday, or a day earlier than typical, due to the market closures in observance of the Fourth of July holiday on Friday.

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