US employers added 172,000 jobs in May, more than double the 80,000 expected, with unemployment holding at 4.3%. Treasury yields rose sharply and futures markets moved to price a roughly even chance of a rate increase this year.
Translation: a labor market this firm gives officials little reason to cut, and the hawks on the committee now have the data to argue their case into the next meeting.
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