| | | | | | To view this email as a webpage, click here | | | | | | | Friday August 02 2013 | | | | | | | | | US unemployment rate down to 7.4% | | | | The US economy added 162,000 jobs in July, slightly below economists' expectations, but the unemployment rate fell to 7.4 per cent, leaving Federal Reserve officials with mixed signals as they weigh a taper in bond purchases. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |