The U.S. economy added 528,000 jobs in July, more than double the number economists had expected.
This staggering increase in employment completes a milestone for the U.S. economy: Pre-pandemic employment is now fully restored.
In February 2020, the last month before the COVID-19 pandemic tipped the U.S. economy into recession, there were 152.504 million people employed in the U.S.
As of July 2022, 152.536 million people in the U.S. were working.
And despite the labor market contraction during…
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