Summary
That’s it from me today! Here’s a wrap up of everything that happened, US politics-wise:
- Joe Biden to signed an executive order to protect access to abortion and reproductive healthcare services after the rollback of Roe v wade, urging Americans to elect pro-choice senators during the midterm elections this November.
- Biden spoke critically of the conservative-leaning Supreme court, accusing the justices who voted to overturn Roe v wade of “playing fast and loose with the facts”.
- Democrats generally applauded Biden’s order, but urged him to do more amid nationwide rollbacks of abortion rights.
- US politicians published statements of condolences after the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, including Biden, Kamala Harris, and Barack Obama.
- The US job market added over 300,000 jobs in June, a sign of economic resilience amid slowed growth.
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Updated
In other news, the US economy added 372,000 jobs in June, an sign of economic resilience despite signs of slowed economic growth.
Here’re more information from the Guardian’s Edward Helmore:
The US economy added 372,000 jobs in June, an indicator of resilience despite signs of slowing economic growth.
The jobs reports is seen as a key indicator on whether high inflation – and central bank efforts to tame it with interest rates rises – is beginning to bite down on the wider American economy.
The US unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, the same as month earlier, the labor department said on Friday. Job growth far exceeded the projections of economists, who expected the US to add roughly 278,000 jobs last month, according to consensus estimates.
The figures may ease some fears of a looming recession, but also show that the Federal Reserve has more room to raise interest rates, cooling consumer demand, in its fight against historically high inflation.
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